While we are at B::DeObfuscate

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Re: While we are at B::DeObfuscate by broquaint (Abbot) on Mar 20, 2003 at 16:41 UTC
May be we'll produce deobfuscators for them too while we are at it? Oh, `B::DeObfuscate` will work on them too, as they merely obfuscate the source which is easily rebuilt into a coherent form with some appliance of the backend modules (specifically `B::Deparse`). Until a progam starts to obfuscate the actual program execution (which could conceivably, but not easily, be done with some `B` op tree magic) `B::DeObfuscate` should do a fine job deobfuscating. It's sort of like the difference between describing something using lots of buzzwords and jargon and then translating that into something that everyone can understand without needing to restructure what was said e.g quasi-technical the translation unit was obfuscated by recombobulating the ascii representation of the potential bytecode plain english the programmers code was muddled up by fiddling with the text that might be run at some point Not a beautiful example I know, but hopefully it gets the point across - source code obfuscation is superficial. `_________ broquaint`	[reply]
Re: While we are at B::DeObfuscate by diotalevi (Canon) on Mar 20, 2003 at 16:29 UTC
HOTIce doesn't appear to obfuscate the source at all. Or at least no more than many posts here are without even trying. Same thing with Obcode. Are you sure you meant to mention those because they don't appear to do much (except perhaps remove whitespace (and then not all white-space) and comments). Heck, my own obfuscator works better than those two. [Added Oops! I misjudged Obcode. I'm not sure what the deal is but it appears to have two modes. The first is comparable to the Spannix code. The second looks somewhat decent. Its certainly reversable but it isn't immediately accessible to anything like Deparse. I suppose someone here could write a deobfuscator for that (obcode) but it'd be annoying.]	[reply]
Re: Re: While we are at B::DeObfuscate by hardburn (Abbot) on Mar 20, 2003 at 17:15 UTC
HOTIce doesn't appear to obfuscate the source at all. But it costs $4000! It must be worth something! ---- Reinvent a rounder wheel. Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated	[reply]