# Re: Encrypt ruby source code **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-encrypt-ruby-source-code/70189 "2006-09-27T12:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torben\_WSSSSlm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Torben\_WSSSSlm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Torben_WSSSSlm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-encrypt-ruby-source-code/70189/1 "2006-09-27T12:56:36Z")
Hasn’t this been discussed somewhere else? The issue is exactly the same for web applications written in ASP or PHP. How have people protected those millions(?) of web applications in the past years? Do we really need that protection? Or maybe I don’t understand the issue, because every application I ever did is so mediocre that I never thought of protecting my valuable assets… Kind regards, torben ---
**Author:** ![Torben\_WSSSSlm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Torben\_WSSSSlm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Torben_WSSSSlm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-encrypt-ruby-source-code/70189/2 "2006-09-27T14:24:47Z")
Torben Wölm wrote: > Hasn’t this been discussed somewhere else? > > The issue is exactly the same for web applications written in ASP or PHP. How have people protected those millions(?) of web applications in the past years? Do we really need that protection? Generally, you don’t distribute a web application to a desktop. So, unless someone breaks into your server, or your server sends the application source to the browser because it is set up improperly (well, I suppose you could have done it on purpose, in which case it would be proper), people can’t get at your source. As I see it, the issue is exactly the opposite for web applications.