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SAS Tip: How secure are compiled macros?

Posted 02-12-2018 02:05 PM (56306 views)

Compiled, encrypted macros are not secure: some source code may be visible in the compiled macro file. Compiling a stub macro as the last macro compiled in a run may keep the other macro code hidden in the compiled file.

Thanks to Thomas Billings for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017: Keeping Passwords AES Encryption Keys and Other Sensitive Parameters Out of Source Code and Logs.

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