[24352] in Cypherpunks
Re: hiding strings in binaries
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Fain)
Tue Dec 20 01:17:45 1994
To: mlist-cypherpunks@nntp-server.caltech.edu
From: fain@tyto.etho.caltech.edu (Dan Fain)
Date: 20 Dec 1994 05:58:11 GMT
Reply-To: fain@cyboscine.etho.caltech.edu
In-Reply-To: elton@sybase.com's message of Mon, 19 Dec 94 18:31:56 PST
> I gather that this was one of the entries in the "obfuscated 'C'"
> programming contests that used to be held some years ago. (Are they
> still held?)
I don't know if they're still held, but for a history of the contest
from 1984-1991, see Libes, Don. _Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries_.
New York: Wiley, 1993. Many of the programs use Rot-13 encryption.
The book describes some generally applicable principles of obfuscation.
A "Twelve Days of Christmas" program was the winner of the 1988 "Least
Likely to Compile Successfully" award.
Dan Fain
Caltech
