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Asked: 2026-05-23T14:24:55+00:00

I have a proprietary application which uses an xml config. Currently I use boost::property_tree

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I have a proprietary application which uses an xml config. Currently I use boost::property_tree to read the xml file.

I would like to deploy both executable and xml file on a more public system and want to avoid anyone, including that system’s administrator, from reading the xml.

Ideally, I would like to maintain the clear text xml on my system so I can easily manually modify it. Then I would call some encrypt command on the file, deploy it on the more public machine and have the executable decrypt it on the fly. I’d use the same key and just hardcode it into the source of the executable.

Is this a reasonable approach? What is the easiest way to implement this? Is there a better way?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Since you’re already using boost, you could always serialize it. If you use binary archives, the file will be essentially unreadable. I guess my follow-up question would be: do you also want it to be secure? Or just unreadable?

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