Encrypting sensitive info in program?

[Erco21]

Hi!

I couldnt find this anywhere so i came here

I was wondering, i have smtp mail adress and password (for gmail*) and it is probably very easy to read it when opened with hex editor or decompiled
so i want to encode/crypt that info in my program to make it almost (i know it isnt possible to make it fully unreadable) unreadable and/or make my program undecompilable

thanks in advance!

[Erco21]

I would appreciate some help here

[techgnome]

well, waiting more than an hour or so would help... we're all volunteers here.... give it some time...

-tg

[Erco21]

okay, okay, but im bit in a hurry, so...
anyway, il appreciate any help
(better late than never)

[tassa]

Where are you saving the sensitive information? Check my signature for an ecryption class example.

[Erco21]

it is basically in bare code, i want to hide it from there

[HanneSThEGreaT]

This may also help :

http://www.codeguru.com/vb/gen/vb_mi...php/c16227__1/

[jmcilhinney]

Maybe you shouldn't put it in the executable itself. What if you need to change it sometime? Will you recompile and redeploy? You should store it in an external location, which is also much easier to protect. You might like to follow the CodeBank link in my signature and find my Protected Configuration posting.

[Erco21]

well, it is changed every time i build it: i have one builder program and one which is built from (like stub in which code is) so it is stored in another application (i enter mail adress and password, and i build 3rd program with stub
(okay, idk if u understood me, but...)
so is there ans crypting on the fly when compiling another program with stub?