On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:03:06 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Showalter) wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dennis HO Siu-chung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 4:01 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Execute perl program without seeing the code? >> >> >> Can I let someone execute my perl code without seeing the >> code on UNIX system? >> e.g. chmod 711 perlprog.pl > >No, because perl needs to read your script to compile it. > >See > > perldoc -q 'hide the source' > >for a discussion of this "religious" issue... I just came across a great way to hide your source code. A fellow posted a "Generic Script Compiler" called shc, on freshmeat. http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/ It works for perl scripts too. The way it works is this: It takes your script, and encrypts it with RC4 and stores it in a self-decrypting c program. Then when you execute the c program, it internally decrypts your script and runs it via the c version of exec. It produces very small executables. It does not improve speed any, but it definitely hides your code, and is especially useful for scripts which require a password in them. I say check it out, I'm keeping this one in my tool box. :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
