Re: how to encrypt a perl source code

[Paul Miller <listmail voltar-confed org>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 03:08:48PM +0200, Giuliano Cioffi wrote:
> > > u guys can please provide a complete example of how to encrypt a code and
> > want them.  But I suspect your quest to encrypt perl will fail
> > for multiple reasons.
>
>   I've seen some stuff for PHP which takes the bytecode and encrypts
> it. I guess that, with Perl, one could simply "compile" (perlcc) the
> scripts/modules... That alone would make reverse engineering non
> trivial. (some philosophical issues arise, and this thread is OT :) )

It will only give the illusion of hiding the code.  In reality,
the best you can do is slow people down.  Persistent attackers
will definitely find a way to get the code out.

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