Re: [ILUG-BOM] whats obfuscation

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 ranjeet@nttindia.com wrote:

Code obfuscation means complicate ur src codes so that it confuses them who in case reverse engg ur code .... that is just one application of that ..... i mean code protection techniques involve obfuscation of code as one method ....

obfuscation of code does *not* protect against reverse engineering. When you reverse engineer the code, you need not get back the exact original source.

obfuscation is simply an art form.

If u have time just look at some cracking site/honepots for how guys from wild have used this technique to encrypt the codes/ packet transfer also so that even if the packets r notices they confuse !

security through obscurity is worse than no security at all.