From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:09:05 +0800
To: shamrock@cypherpunks.to
Subject: Re: Source code obfuscation
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Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> writes:
> Is anyone familiar with tools that can be used to obscure source
> code so that it builds, but no longer contains comments or useful
> variable or procedure names?

Do a search on ANDF -- not sure of the acronym's meaning anymore, but
I think there is a GNU version, so perhaps there is a working system
that can be had.

I think it's for architecturally independent distribution -- "compile"
or mangle your source with the ANDF system, and then finish the
compile (compile the garbled C code) on the target system.

(Odd thing for GNU to get involved in what with their source
availability theme.)

Adam
-- 
Now officially an EAR violation...
Have *you* exported RSA today? --> http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/

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