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Morphing Code to Prevent Reverse Engineering?

ptolemu writes "Cringely's latest article discusses a new obfuscation technique currently being researched called PSCP (Program State Code Protection). An informative read that concludes with some interesting insight on the software giants that heavily depend on this kind of technology."

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  1. Advice please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Myself and my partner have for the last 13 years been doing our best to raise our adopted son in the fine traditions of GNU/Linux and free software. Imagine my horror when, upon arriving home early from work yesterday, I caught my boy touching himself while looking at pictures like this!

    Further examination of his hard drive (made easy by the numerous exploits possible with the Linux kernel) we discovered references to a despicable non-GNU OS and other subversive material.

    What should we do? How can we guide our boy away from filth like this and back to the true GNU way?

    -- Richard

  2. Just write it Perl. by pantherace · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or leet, they look equally unintelligible at first glance.

  3. Re:Reverse engineering is not the problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Quake 1 and 2 are open source, dumbass.

  4. My UK experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I was recently to the UK and I discovered something startling.

    UK negros actually have sort of class over there.

    Unlike at home, they don't loiter in the streets drinking malt liquor, selling drugs, "pimping their hos" and settling scores with guns in "gangsta" fashion. In the UK they have jobs, they don't talk ebonics and treat you and each other with respect most of the time.

    It was quite amazing. I was impressed. How did you make them so well-behaved?

  5. Non-event by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Cringely is a non-event.

    He's also a non-person.

  6. Cringely is a jackass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    jack to the A-S-S, times ten. word.

  7. Re:Security by obscurity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You know, I don't think that people who use the non-words "boxen" and "virii" deserve a +1, Insightful; I would mod them -2, Illiterate.

    But maybe that's just my opinion.