in reply to Hiding your Script
Good grief, not again. Try perldoc -q hide or see perlfaq3: How can I hide the source for my Perl program? or use Super Search to find these nodes:
- obfuscating source code
- Concealing Perl Code
- simple encryption for perl files
- Protect source code
- Perl Obsfucate Or Encrypter
- Closing Perl Source
- Here is a commercial obfuscator
- perl2exe - no more secrets
- Protecting perl source code
- Why is it bad to hide the source?
- Source Filters
- Hiding your Script
- Compiling Perl
References Added Later
- Re^3: Code hiding in Perl by afoken (2015) - clearly describes how you can always decrypt the encrypted code (e.g. via the debugger)
- Encrypting source code :( by bliako (2018)
- Encrypting Source Filter by kschwab (2018)
- PAR::Filter::Crypto Fails by cmv (2023)
- APPerl: "osname=cosmo" problem by kcott (2023)
- Uncool Use Of Perl: perl2exe. decompile quick steps by shmem (2009)
- compile Plx /pl
- Hide perl code
- Protection for Perl Scripts
- Perl 'executable'
- Encrypt perl script
- PAR (pp) on lots of standalone scripts
- News regarding compiled commercial deployment of perl based apps?
- Encrypt a Perl Code
- Password Protect a Perl Script
- How to hide the Contents in script
- Perl to executable without releasing source code?
- Code hiding in Perl
- How can a script use a password without making the password visible?
- Production obfuscation by linxdev (2012)
- Re: Protection for Perl Scripts
- Re^2: Where should I have configuration information in a file or database
- Can you prevent MO=Deparse
- Decompile Perl2EXE back to original source
- PerlApp decompile?
- A real challenge
- How to make parts of my code compiled/encryptet or obfuscated (possible in perl?)
- hide code
- CryPerl.
- hide perl script by harangzsolt33 (2018)
- decode a file by 3N3RGY (2022)
- Acme Bleach by sameerperl (2008)
- Acme Enc by sameerperl (2008)
See Also
- Security through obscurity (wikipedia)
- Obfuscation (Software) (wikipedia)
- Code morphing (wikipedia)
- Re: Some Help for a Report About Perl (Perl Culture and History References)
- Re^3: Stupidest Prime Number detector ever!! (Acme Modules)
- Re^5: Choosing the right module (Acme::EyeDrops used in production)
Self-contained executables
- Re: Self contained Perl executables by Corion (2018) - mentions PAR::Packer, App::Staticperl and App::FatPacker
- PAR::Packer - originally by Audrey Tang
Actually Portable Perl
- Perl is Actually Portable by Computoid aka Gavin Hayes
- APPPerl by Computoid aka Gavin Hayes
- Perl::Dist::APPerl on CPAN
- Perl::Dist::APPerl - Actually Portable Perl by anonymonk (2023)
- Newest Perl on Win without ActiveState or Strawberry by LanX (2023)
- APPerl tutorial problem: default_script by anonymonk (2023)
- How to determine if 'strict' is enabled by kcott (June 7 2023)
- APPerl: "osname=cosmo" problem by kcott (June 8 2023)
- Cosmopolitan Libc - Cosmopolitan Libc makes C a build-once run-anywhere language, by jart aka Justine Tunney (you've effectively created your own operating system which happens to run on all the existing ones as well)
- Cosmopolitan Libc on github
- Actually Portable Executable blog post by Justine Tunney
- Hardware virtualization (wikipedia)
- Application virtualization (wikipedia)
Updated: many extra references were added long after the original reply was made.
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