Re: hiding perl code

Michael Robinton wrote: see attached [...] BZS::License performs a similar load operation to BZS::Loader. First, however it looks for a hash pointer in the caller program called $ptr2_License. The hash contains the path to the License file and an optional 'private' key list of modules

Re: Subject: Re: hiding perl code

You are correct. If you... use Hidden::Module then use Data::Dumper to reconstruct most of the raw code. This would be about as useful as decompiling 'B' code. If you had access to the intrepreter directly, you could probably even capture the decrypt stream before perl compiles it, but

hiding perl code

see attached =head1 NAME BZS::License - Perl extension to examine a license file. =head1 USEAGE There are two modes of operation: use BZS::License;1; __END__ encrypted module here... The calling routine should define an anonymous hash pointed to by the

Re: Hiding perl code

Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark) Subject: Re: Hiding perl code * Jonathon M. Robison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22 Jul 2002 13:03]: Anyone know offhand a good way to hide your perl code when using mod_perl? Acme::Bleach isn't doing it - httpd is failing to start on initial test [...] Acme::Bleach is a source filter

Re: Hiding perl code

-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/22/02 09:15:23 -0400 Thanks, Iain! This helps explain some problems I ran into when I tried to use Switch. ;-) Wish the Switch docs included some caveats about using it with mod_perl Switch, Multifiles, Q::S, and A::B all have a Caveat Utilitor note in them.

Re: Hiding perl code

At my former employer's, we built an Enterprise Management System out of mod_perl. He wants to distribute it to clients w/o risking theft of his code. --Jon R. PGP Key fingerprint = 12 DA FC 06 AB 4C D6 A4 DE 03 E0 77 D6 DE E0 73 PGP public key available by fingering [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon,

Re: Hiding perl code

At my former employer's, we built an Enterprise Management System out of mod_perl. He wants to distribute it to clients w/o risking theft of his code. If w/o risking theft means eliminating risk of theft, then he can't do it. He can lower risk to some degree, but it can't be eliminated. See

Re: Hiding perl code

Hi! On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 10:58:24PM -0400, Jonathon M. Robison wrote: Anyone know offhand a good way to hide your perl code when using mod_perl? Acme::Bleach isn't doing it - httpd is failing to start on You could write an obfuscator. Maybe Acme::EyeDrop works? See

Re: Hiding perl code

Hi ( 02.07.22 10:15 -0400 ) Jon: At my former employer's, we built an Enterprise Management System out of mod_perl. He wants to distribute it to clients w/o risking theft of his code. Well, I'll save the intellectual property rant, but it's going to be very difficult to do. Perl is set up

[OT] Re: Hiding perl code

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:10:25 +1000, Iain Truskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: As far as I know, there's no good way to do it. It is Perl after all. And with mod_perl things just get trickier. Filter::decrypt does that. It's very hard to

Re: [OT] Re: Hiding perl code

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:17:21 -0500 (CDT), Dave Rolsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: use Filter::decrypt ; ÿ£j¨tBÓavð@¥€£hK6'{'„Þ^z' [] Of course, perl itself (or mod_perl) sees the cleartext, so a good hacker will find a way to break it. perl -MO=Deparse

Re: Hiding perl code

Jon, I've been doing some thinking along these lines (for website security, not for releasing code). I don't have a solution, but below are some thoughts I've had. I would love to hear from anyone who knows solutions for any of the points below. Most of the thoughts below are based on