How secure is this scenario?

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ID:156586 Sep 1 2010, 3:55 pm
Tsfreaks	If I put my byond password in the code somewhere (lets say a global var) and then host the game. Would it be possible for someone to extract it? ts

Sep 1 2010, 3:59 pm
Duelmaster409	This is probably the wrong section for this but I'd simply go with the obvious choice; don't do it if you can help it. There may be some obscure ways to view even the most discreet of variables.

Sep 1 2010, 4:24 pm

Skyspark

Tsfreaks wrote:

If I put my byond password in the code somewhere (lets say a global var) and then host the game. Would it be possible for someone to extract it?

ts

Yes. The hub_password variable, for example, is special and has encryption added onto it to prevent people from extracting it. Regular variables don't have even that amount of protection on them. You could put effort into obfuscating the password, but putting your password out where people can get at it is a bad idea.