Question

How can i protect my molecule class variables values such as bond length and inversion probability of NH3 from people like cheat-engine users (without slowing much)?

Does this protect from outer-effects?

class molecule
{
public:
    molecule()
    {
    ...
    }
protected:
    int *bond_length;
    int *probability;
}

Is this safer?

class molecule
{
...
private:
    int *bond_length;
    int *probability;
}

If all above are vulnerable against cheat-engine-like softwares, then can below be logical?

class molecule
{
public:
    molecule(){... ... ...}
...
...
    //still public
    int *bond_length_fake;
    int *bond_length;
    int *prob_fake;
    int *prob;
}
...
//somewhere in the program
void thread_real_to_fake(void * molecule_parameters)
{
    int bond_length_backup;
    molecule * param=(molecule *)molecule_parameters;
    while(working)
    {
        if((param->bond_length_fake)!=(param->bond_length))
        {
            param->bond_length_fake=param->bond_length;
        }
    }
    _endthread();

}

Okay, this protects the fake by making it equal to real one always. But how to protect real one? Can I use random-pointer to get the real value? If yes, how can I?

Answer 1

You cannot protect your computer against running software. If someone is in control of the machine, they can manipulate it at will, and this includes modifying the state of a running program.

The safest thing you could do is run the program on a separate, inaccessible server and forward the I/O through the network (e.g. to a browser window).

Edit: As an alternative, you could run the engine part of your program as a service that runs as a separate user. This provides a certain amount of protection. The engine would have to check that the submitted user input (e.g. key strokes) come in at a reasonable rate. This allows you to enforce rules to a certain degree, but doesn’t prevent for example the user from seeing through walls by manipulating the graphics rendering in the client.