# Class file encryption?

Bjarne Rasmussen (br@prismtechnologies.com)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:41:41 +0000

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    Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:41:41 +0000

    From: Bjarne Rasmussen <br@prismtechnologies.com>

    To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com

    Subject: Class file encryption?

Hello!

How can I protect class files from the tools that
can convert byte code back into compilable Java code?
I have read about obfuscators but they just mangle the
names in the class file.

Do I just accept that Java software releases include the
source code? That would make it pretty impossible to
write e.g. a license manager in Java?

Best regards
and happy holidays

- Bjarne.

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