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Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #257297]

Wed, 28 May 2008 04:37

Eclipse User

Hello Everyone,

I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is there any
facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to do obfuscation
of eclipse plugins.

Please help me regarding this.

Regards,

Zakir

Re: Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #257300 is a reply to message #257297]

Wed, 28 May 2008 05:41

Eclipse User

zakir wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is there
> any facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to do
> obfuscation of eclipse plugins.
>
> Please help me regarding this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Zakir
>

Why would you want to do that?

Re: Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #257317 is a reply to message #257300]

Wed, 28 May 2008 07:53

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

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James,

Folks do that to protect their source code from the reverse engineers of
the world.

Searching the newsgroup turns up a few matches. Maybe there are answers
in there...

http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq-LfxKHsA88g OMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&sa=X&oi= spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=obsfucate+ne ws.eclipse.platform&spell=1
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James Soh wrote:
> zakir wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is
>> there any facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to
>> do obfuscation of eclipse plugins.
>>
>> Please help me regarding this.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Zakir
>>
>
> Why would you want to do that?

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James,<br>
<br>
Folks do that to protect their source code from the reverse engineers
of the world.<br>
<br>
Searching the newsgroup turns up a few matches.

Re: Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #257321 is a reply to message #257317]

Wed, 28 May 2008 08:06

Eclipse User

So it is actually quite common to write an obfuscated plug-in?

is there a real need for such protection? Wouldnt it better if the codes
are out in the wild benefitting as many people as possible?

Ed Merks wrote:
> James,
>
> Folks do that to protect their source code from the reverse engineers of
> the world.
>
> Searching the newsgroup turns up a few matches. Maybe there are answers
> in there...
>
> http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq
> -LfxKHsA88gOMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&s a=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=o bsfucate+news.eclipse.platform&spell=1
> < http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq-LfxKHsA88g OMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&sa=X&oi= spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=obsfucate+ne ws.eclipse.platform&spell=1>
>
>
> James Soh wrote:
>> zakir wrote:
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is
>>> there any facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to
>>> do obfuscation of eclipse plugins.
>>>
>>> Please help me regarding this.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Zakir
>>>
>>
>> Why would you want to do that?
>

Re: Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #257325 is a reply to message #257321]

Wed, 28 May 2008 08:35

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

James,

I imagine that a commercial vendor who's spend hundreds of thousands of
dollars on designing something innovative might not be happy to see
someone else reverse engineer it and start selling it thereby cutting
into the profit. So I don't know how common that is, but the need is
very real. The question of benefit to the code being out in the wild
needs to consider who is benefiting: the original author or everyone
else? Despite appearances at Eclipse, software development isn't always
a charitable activity.

James Soh wrote:
> So it is actually quite common to write an obfuscated plug-in?
>
> is there a real need for such protection? Wouldnt it better if the
> codes are out in the wild benefitting as many people as possible?
>
>
> Ed Merks wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> Folks do that to protect their source code from the reverse engineers
>> of the world.
>>
>> Searching the newsgroup turns up a few matches. Maybe there are
>> answers in there...
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq
>>
>>
>> -LfxKHsA88gOMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&s a=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=o bsfucate+news.eclipse.platform&spell=1
>>
>>
>> < http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq-LfxKHsA88g OMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&sa=X&oi= spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=obsfucate+ne ws.eclipse.platform&spell=1>
>>
>>
>>
>> James Soh wrote:
>>> zakir wrote:
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is
>>>> there any facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to
>>>> do obfuscation of eclipse plugins.
>>>>
>>>> Please help me regarding this.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Zakir
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why would you want to do that?
>>

Re: Obfuscation of eclipse plugins [message #258152 is a reply to message #257325]

Thu, 12 June 2008 01:08

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: annamalai.ancitconsulting.com

Found something for you .. dont kno if you still looking for this ...
A Plugin for Encrypting Eclipse Plugins during build mode.

< http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-view link-cid-1148.html

Probably this could help .. a plugin to encrypt plugins.

Regards
Malai
"Ed Merks" <merks@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:g1jji8$4al$1@build.eclipse.org...
> James,
>
> I imagine that a commercial vendor who's spend hundreds of thousands of
> dollars on designing something innovative might not be happy to see
> someone else reverse engineer it and start selling it thereby cutting into
> the profit. So I don't know how common that is, but the need is very
> real. The question of benefit to the code being out in the wild needs to
> consider who is benefiting: the original author or everyone else? Despite
> appearances at Eclipse, software development isn't always a charitable
> activity.
>
>
> James Soh wrote:
>> So it is actually quite common to write an obfuscated plug-in?
>>
>> is there a real need for such protection? Wouldnt it better if the codes
>> are out in the wild benefitting as many people as possible?
>>
>>
>> Ed Merks wrote:
>>> James,
>>>
>>> Folks do that to protect their source code from the reverse engineers of
>>> the world.
>>>
>>> Searching the newsgroup turns up a few matches. Maybe there are answers
>>> in there...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq
>>> -LfxKHsA88gOMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&s a=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=o bsfucate+news.eclipse.platform&spell=1
>>>
>>> < http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-6797025590 085056&channel=2647719120&cof=FORID:1%3BAH:left%3BCX :Eclipse%2520Foundation%2520Search%3BL:http://www.google.com /coop/intl/en/images/custom_search_sm.gif%3BLH:65%3BLP:1%3BG FNT:%23666666%3BDIV:%23cccccc%3B&cx=01794133489379341370 3:sqfrdtd112s&adkw=AELymgXBwsl4R37RqX0khCwZ4itF-b_LL94PU UJuicHTC3yQJ3wtmf7u-QFf3lPYezuRjiJjZCtFKlN8TfJlIq-LfxKHsA88g OMI_BWbgUb0m8w16ieqCh5KUNfdaL6yyJgUis5gXM-6&sa=X&oi= spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=obsfucate+ne ws.eclipse.platform&spell=1>
>>>
>>>
>>> James Soh wrote:
>>>> zakir wrote:
>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am having a plugin project, i want to obfuscate the plugins is there
>>>>> any facility in eclipse or are there any third party tools to do
>>>>> obfuscation of eclipse plugins.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please help me regarding this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Zakir
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why would you want to do that?
>>>

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