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Old 08-22-2006, 08:53 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Why would you not obfuscate?
i like the ability to shell in and edit code on the fly. my server is pretty secure and i'm not worried about intrusion. it's the same principle. if someone wants in that bad, they will probably get to it.

i would have a different opinion on distributed software. i'd definately obsfucate/encode in that case.

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Finally, those who say obfuscated code can be reverse-engineered have never tried it!
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It's a fact that it is very difficult (i.e. impossible) for someone skilled to reverse engineer the code
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There are a lot of people who say that scripts can be reverse engineered but I have not found one who would take up the challenge. Any takers?
These points seem to be invalid now. I dunno though, he hasn't responded since DJM posted that code.
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