You want to use a source filter. The source filter is a Perl module that filters the module before it is run, so it could be used to show/hide debugging info, or in your case decrypt it. The Perl Journal had a good article on it a while ago, check it out and then see what pre-built filters are available on CPAN (looks like Filter::CBC might do what you want).
[TPJ article] http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1287/sam03030004/ [Filter::CBC readme] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Filter/Filter-CBC-0.08.readme Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: encrypt a module? I am coding a module that will be shared across several other groups applications but there are calls in it that only certain groups should use. Rather than making separate modules for each group having only the functions they need, I'd like to just distribute one copy and only tell them what they need to know. But if they can go pokiing around in there (and they will) they might get frisky and start mucking about with things they shouldn't be. Is there a way to distribute a perl module in such a way that it is "use"able but is not rendered in plain text? by "use"able I mean simply that you need only have a use Foo::Bar; to import it, not something more complicated. I've seen things for scripts, but does the same apply to modules(.pm)? Thanks, Chuck _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
