I don't know much about the internals of Perl and all, but I thought at least the programs packaged this way would be converted to byte code, providing some level of protection. Is that true?
-----Original Message----- From: Sherm Pendley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:16 PM To: Mark Aisenberg Cc: mongers of perl Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] obfuscation/compiler/summary On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 01:46 PM, Mark Aisenberg wrote: > Can anyone offer some info on the amount of "obfuscation" > that these EXE packagers provide? "Packagers" is an excellent choice of words. Perl code is not compiled or obfuscated by these tools, it's simply stored in an .exe to simplify packaging and distribution. That will certainly help prevent casual snooping, but it provides no protection at all from a knowledgeable geek who *really* wants to see the code. sherm--
