One option...there may be others? You can try to use perlcc, to convert the code to C and then it will compile to an executable. However, the executable file that results is big and ineffecient, assuming that perlcc can compile it at all (it's not totally ready for prime-time)
Here is an example of what to expect... -rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs 508 1553144 Jul 19 13:42 bbs* -rwxr-xr-x 1 bbs 508 20071 Sep 12 01:14 bbs.pl* As you can see, the bbs file is almost 8 time's as large as the source. Regards, Agustin Rivera ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:20 AM Subject: protecting code > Hi, > > I have a web application which until now has been running on our own > servers. > > If we sell the software for the buyer to install on their own server is it > possible to encrypt the code from the buyer. Our application uses > mod_perl. At the moment about 50% of the code is in packages (pm). > > Although I can only see problems going down this road. The best solution > is to keep the application on out servers. > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. > > regards > > Scott > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
