From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 02:34:30 +0800
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Subject: Re: Source code obfuscation
In-Reply-To: <199710281613.LAA28421@users.invweb.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971101115621.21507D-100000@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
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If you can generate useful source code, you should be able to write a 
useful parser that strips out comments. You can also "search and replace" 
variable names w/ obscure ones - just dont miss any.  ;)

-r.w.

On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:

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> In <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028165130.13198F-100000@pakastelohi.cypherpunks.to>,
> on 10/28/97 
>    at 04:52 PM, Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> said:
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> >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?
> 
> Write it in ASM, 99.9% woun't have a clue to what it is. :)
> 
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