[Catalyst] creating binaries

[Wade.Stuart at fallon.com]

Jonathan Rockway <jon at jrock.us> wrote on 01/16/2007 12:22:24 PM:

>
> > nmake catalyst_par
> > ...
> > Writing PAR "tranzactiibursiere.par"
> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
> > '0x2'
> > Stop.
>
> What versions of:
>
> App::Packer
> PAR::Packer
> PAR
>
> do you have?
>
> > But anyway, does this method hide the source code of the application?
>
> Try these:
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~shay/Filter-Crypto-1.18/lib/PAR/Filter/Crypto.pm
> http://search.cpan.org/~smueller/PAR-Packer-0.970
/lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm
>
> Keep in mind that the code has to be executed at some point, so anyone
> with half a brain can get the code even if it's "encrypted".  The same
> holds for C, Java, .NET, PHP, etc.
>
> A contract that reads "expect a lawsuit if you modify the source" should
> be much more effective.

I prefer you send me the one packaged with par:crypto -- I like to be able
to read comments and see the original var names when I edit your hidden
code. =)