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.