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Re:Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code? by wmf on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @03:57PM (#6720999)
No, you don't need to worry about this because the value in a marketplace is not in the code. You do need to worry about passwords being hacked, though.
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Re:Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code? by testme4ever2 on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:06PM (#6721094)
Thank you for your response. So how should I protect the passwords? I assume you mean the users password?

Why source code is not the value? If they could hack it, then they can just deploy the same code in a matter of weeks?

oh, any suggestion on how to implement the admin backend access? Currently my admin access is just a subdomain, which I think is not secure access (although it requires admin credentials to access it).

Thank you.

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Re:Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code? by wmf on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:43PM (#6721401)
If someone deploys your code you could notice and sue them. Also, they wouldn't have your brand name, your marketing, your userbase, etc.
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