NAME
Code::Crypt - Encrypt your code
VERSION
version 0.001000
SYNOPSIS
use Code::Crypt;
print "#!/usr/bin/env perl\n\n" . Code::Crypt->new(
code => 'print "hello world!\n"',
cipher => 'Crypt::Rijndael',
get_key => q{
require Sys::Hostname;
$] . Sys::Hostname::hostname();
},
key => $] . 'wanderlust',
)->final_code;
DESCRIPTION
"Code::Crypt" is meant as a menial form of "DRM" which protects the code
from being run on unauthorized machines. The idea is illustrated in the
"SYNOPSIS": the code is encrypted with Crypt::Rijndael with a key that
is the current perl version and the string "wanderlust". We specify that
the way the compiled code is to retrieve a key is to get the perl
version and the hostname. In this way we can ensure that it is somewhat
difficult to take code meant for one customer and widely distribute it.
Of course this is not completely foolproof; if the customer distributes
the code themselves they can merely hardcode the key. See
Code::Crypt::Graveyard for an even harder to work around system.
METHODS
"final_code"
my $code = $cc->final_code;
This method takes no arguments. It returns the compiled code based on
the "ATTRIBUTES".
ATTRIBUTES
"key"
required. The key used to encrypt the code.
"get_key"
required. The code to be inlined into the final code to get the key.
Could read a file, prompt the user, or anything else.
"cipher"
required. The cipher used to encrypt the code. Crypt::Rijndael is
recommended. See Crypt::CBC for other options.
"code"
The code that will be encrypted.
SEE ALSO
Code::Crypt::Graveyard
AUTHOR
Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt <frioux+cpan@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.