[buug] source code obfuscators

[Jon McClintock]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 06:25:50PM -0800, Bob Read wrote:
> Hi,
>    Anyone out there have any experience with source
> code obfuscators in any language?
>    There are a few on freshmeat.net that look good,
> such as POBS (for perl):
> 
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/pobs/
> 
>    The reason I'm asking is I'd really like to let
> other people recompile my C, perl, java source
> code...but I don't want them to be able to see my
> source code.

Anything that is done automatically, can be quickly and easily undone
automatically. This is especially true of the scripted languages like
perl and Java.

Sure, it'll deter casual investigators, but it will also hinder them in
reporting bugs to you...

-Jon