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Questions tagged [source-code]

Security relative to source-code edition, protection and management.

Use this tag when:

  • Your asking a question on how to protect or manage or securely edit your source code.
  • You need to audit a source-code against security matters
  • You need to assess risks about source-code security

Do not use this tag because

  • You are posting source-code in your question
  • You are requesting source-code
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Access to the codebase in big companies

I am wondering how big companies manage access to their codebase from their developers. In order to make their code safe do they allow their developers to have access to entire codebase or to only particular subprojects to avoid stealing the entire…
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Are private git repositories safe?

I've heard from several people that private repository servers like BitBucket are not really safe. I've heard rumours about code being stolen and used by people even out of private repositories. Is it true? Is there any evidence, that cases like…
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cases where companies suffered losses due to leaks of source code?

The damage associated with data breaches apparently caused Equifax to lose $4 billion in value and Facebook to lose about $50 billion, and even if not every dollar of those losses was due to the breaches, it was a lot. By contrast, have there been…
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How to set up a multi-developer environment with emphasis on source code security?

One of my clients runs a small software development company (15 employees) with PHP as their sole server side development language. They are having a networked environment with all the computers connected to a central server via LAN. The server also…
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Is it possible to verify the source code of a web service?

Let's say HonestInc is super generous and provides the source code of its web application HonestApp on github. However, I'm extremely distrustful of them, and have doubts that their actual server is running the same source code as what is provided…
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Enforce single-domain licenses for a WordPress theme

I'm having a WordPress theme which users can purchase. You are allowed to use one single license on a single website and I'm identifying websites by their domains. A single purchase is identified with a secure UUID. I am trying to get a secure…
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How to protect my Exe file which written in c#.net?

I created one software which written in c#.net and when i created setup file .exe file will be the output but in this .exe file is ex tractable by some software and easy to access the codes.How to prevent this?
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