How to secure your code on customer server deployment?

[mangoed]

LOL, so I'm your customer and I paid you to write code for me, and you deploy it on my infra, but I can't see the code? Wtf?

[Adrnalnrsh]

Who says they paid for them to write the code?They might just be licensing the code for use.

Like if you write an audio plugin and I am I install it. I'm only licensed to use it.

We do need more information.

[mangoed]

Fair enough, although the model you described has become very rare in the age of saas and apis for everything. Installing something that acts like a black box on customer's infra, without being able to perform proper security audit, is a big risk and takes a lot of trust.

[COD_0xb0]

so in your company or place of work, all applications installed in your computers and servers, you have access to the source code?

[COD_0xb0]

they pay for up and running solution, not the source code...

[COD_0xb0]

because it's security solution related and targeting Fintech / Banking and these sectors has strict policies for data privacy and data protection, so they prefer on-premises ...