Re: how to encrypt a perl source code

[zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:17:53 -0400
Paul Miller <listmail voltar-confed org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:05:29PM +0530, Anirban Adhikary wrote:
> > u guys can please provide a complete example of how to encrypt a code and
>
> I recall reading a crypto research paper that covered methods for
> obfuscating code that I believe contained a proof that you can't
> actually encrypt code that you intend for people to be able to
> run.
>
> Ultimately, you have to give them the keys to unlock it or they
> can't actually run it.  Sorta the same problem they had with DVD
> encryption.
>
> I can get you the name of the paper and the author's names if you
> want them.  But I suspect your quest to encrypt perl will fail
> for multiple reasons.

Here is something that that addresses this, that Perl can always
be deparsed if you are clever....... and someone will always be clever.
 http://perlmonks.org/?node=256527

Usually, people recommend one of the Acme series of modules, which
do various things like hide your code as a series of spaces or dots,
 http://search.cpan.org/search?m=all&q=Acme&s=1


You might like this.
 http://perlmonks.org/?node=256527

Alot of people like Acme::Bleach, but many monks know how to crack it.
 http://search.cpan.org/~dconway/Acme-Bleach-1.12/lib/Acme/Bleach.pm


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