Hi All, Just to throw a spanner in the works, a little while ago I came across the following Article on the Net.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/10/15/radiator.html >From what I can tell The author of the 'radiator' product claims to have successfully shipped 'encrypted' code. I've been pondering how to do this for ages anyay, I realise it's not completely foolproof, but I'm trying to find a mechanism that would stop anybody but a perl litterate hacker from getting at my code. Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Klausner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "modperl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:58 AM Subject: Re: how to secure perl modules? > Hi! > > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 10:27:54AM -0700, iCap wrote: > > i have a collection of perl modules (running under the mod_perl umbrella) > > and would like to distribute the application to several different sources > > (clients with open internet web servers). but i dont want to send it out > > without at least making it somewhat difficult for some hacker to just simply > > steal it and load it somewhere else without my consent. what options do i > > have (if any) to secure the code so that it can't be 'easily' stolen? > > 'easily' being the operative word here, as i realize it wont be 100% safe no > > matter what i do. > > the ideal would be to perhaps encrypt some of the code, maybe a few of the > > base configuration modules, maybe even the startup.pl file, others? > > If you want to make it hard to read the code, use an Obfuscator (eg. > Acme::EyeDrops) > > If want to really secure your code: it's not possible, see this thread on > perlmonks: > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=243011 > or search in the mailinglist archives. This questions was discussed here a > few times. > > -- > #!/usr/bin/perl http://domm.zsi.at > for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/} >
