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Old 10-06-2008
Protect shell script source code
Hello,

Is there any way where a shell scripts source code can be protected? Basically, I'm after to convert shell scripts into to some form of binaries so that my shell script source code can be protected.

Forgot to mention, this is on solaris.

Many thx,


kam
Last edited by jkkstar; 10-06-2008 at 08:30 AM..
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Old 10-06-2008
There's a tool called shc but it's by no means perfect.

http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/sources/
Last edited by era; 10-06-2008 at 08:19 AM.. Reason: Add link
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Old 10-06-2008
See this about shc -
shc(1): Generic shell script compiler - Linux man page
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Old 10-06-2008
Thanks for the suggestions. But this is a requirement for solaris
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Old 10-06-2008
The tool should hopefully be portable.
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Old 10-06-2008
Keep in mind, btw, that such an executable is probably not hard to reverse-compile. Using strings(), ltrace() and strace(), it can be fairly easy to know what's going on. However, at least your source will be protected.
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Old 10-06-2008
@OP , you don't need to do that. Just give the necessary permissions for anyone who is ever going to use the script. Even if you compile your source and become executable, how are you going to protect your original source code?
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