JavaGuard
JavaGuard is a general purpose bytecode obfuscator, designed to fit effortlessly into your regular build and testing process, providing peace of mind that your valuable Java code is more secure against decompilation and other forms of reverse engineering.
| Tags | Software Development Build Tools Code Generators Compilers Libraries Java Libraries |
|---|---|
| Licenses | LGPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | Java |
Recent releases
- 04 Jun 2002 08:19
Release Notes: Previous releases had a bug in which classes that were matched by a ".obfuscate" entry in the script file were not assigned obfuscated output names when their parent package/class are matched by a ".ignore" entry. However, their contents were still obfuscated. Another bug caused methods that were defined in an interface A but used inside function calls to methods of an interface B that extended A to throw a NoSuchMethodException. JavaGuard can now obfuscate several Jar files at once, and it can now use and obfuscate files from local directories.
- 12 May 2002 16:31
Release Notes: This release has a minor bugfix to prevent a possible problem when classes are matched both by a ".obfuscate" and a ".ignore" entry in the script file. The manifest file parser has been rewritten. It now changes the "Main-Class" entry when the main class is obfuscated, and doesn't truncate long lines anymore. There is support for classes that were compiled by javac with the "-target 1.2" (or higher) command line option (default setting on JDK 1.4). A command line option that allows you to dump the parsed class files before they are obfuscated has been added. There are slight speed improvements when building the class tree.
- 24 Apr 2002 06:35
Release Notes: This release contains several bugfixes and lots of improvements, and all current users are encouraged to upgrade. It is now possible to let JavaGuard obfuscate classes even if they are matched by other exception patterns. The script file parser now supports priorities. An element that is matched by script entry will be ignored if it was matched by an earlier expression, and some script file directives were renamed for a better understanding.
- 10 Apr 2002 15:38
No changes have been submitted for this release.
Recent comments
Getting errors
Things seemed to go well when I executed the JavaGuard to obfuscate a jar file I had, but then I got this. I am sure, it's something wrong I am doing. Please help!
JavaGuard v1.0beta4 Bytecode Obfuscator
Building the file containers...
Building the class tree...
Generating the mapping table for the whole class tree...
Unrecoverable error during obfuscation:
duplicate entry: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
at java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream.putNextEntry(ZipOutputStream.java:163)
at java.util.jar.JarOutputStream.putNextEntry(JarOutputStream.java:90)
at net.sf.javaguard.GuardDB.startObfuscate(GuardDB.java:297)
at net.sf.javaguard.GuardDB.obfuscate(GuardDB.java:243)
at JavaGuard.obfuscate(JavaGuard.java:322)
at JavaGuard.start(JavaGuard.java:179)
at JavaGuard.main(JavaGuard.java:146)
Re: paradox
> We've been using RetroGuard to
> protect our code, but it lacked some
> features we urgently needed so I
> implemented them.
>
> RetroGuard is an open-source software
> tool so we have to give the changed
> sources back to the public so that
> everyone can profit :-)
Well, then I'm sorry.. it seems that actually the guys from RetroGuard were the ones i should have commented to.. :)
thx for the reply, and of course no flame intended..
cheers
paolino
Re: paradox
> It is interesting that a tool to
> actually reduce the liberty of the users
> as this one is under the GPL... Maybe
> the Author wants to improve Open Source,
> helping to avoid reversing... :)
>
> cheers
> paolino
Sorry, I haven't seen your post earlier...
The reason why I begun working on that is that the company I'm working for doesn't offer the sources of their products. We've been using RetroGuard to protect our code, but it lacked some features we urgently needed so I implemented them.
RetroGuard is an open-source software tool so we have to give the changed sources back to the public so that everyone can profit :-)
paradox
It is interesting that a tool to actually reduce the liberty of the users as this one is under the GPL... Maybe the Author wants to improve Open Source, helping to avoid reversing... :)
cheers
paolino
glurk
10 Apr 2002 13:02
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