1997-10-28 - Re: Source code obfuscation

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From: Alex de Joode <usura@sabotage.org>
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-10-28 17:20:42 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 01:20:42 +0800

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From: Alex de Joode <usura@sabotage.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 01:20:42 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com
Subject: Re: Source code obfuscation
Message-ID: <199710281708.SAA10105@basement.replay.com>
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Lucky Green sez:

: 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?

I believe HP once was forced to supply sourcecode to
a French guvmint agency. They did just that, the source they
supplied would compile but there were no clues inside.
(don't have a ref for this story though) The French weren't
amused.

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