[Question] How can I clean up/mess up my code? - ComputerCraft Forums (archive)

H4X0RZ #1

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 10:45 AM

The "Clean up" is self explanatory.

But you think "Why does he want to mess up his code?" Right?

Here's the answer:
I want to make "pointless" programs, like a password protected door, and you can't edit the code (unless he is a pro in reobfuscating etc.

Off-topic:
What means "BTW"?
Sorry for this question, i'm not the best in english ^^ cuz english isn't my native language (my native language is german)

Thx for reading
-Freack100

JokerRH #2

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 10:51 AM

@offtopic question: "by the way" or "nebenbei bemerkt"

@question: You can prevent termination by typing os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw, anything more secure is really hard (run apis with modified fs api, disk eventlistener and modified setfenv to prevent people from getting _G)

Engineer #3

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 10:53 AM

BTW = by the way

To make your code anti terminate-able you can us these:


os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw

 
local oldEvent = os.pullEvent
os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw

-- your code

os.pullEventRaw = oldEvent

the first one is a permanent block and the second one only for the program in question

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Smiley43210 #4

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 10:57 AM

If you want to "obfuscate" it, you COULD make your code into byte code and do loadstring() on it, but byte code can easily be reversed.

H4X0RZ #5

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 11:02 AM

If it's a big (big, big, big…) project I can simple rename the variables, functions etc. into some pointless crap like "dkug4" right?

H4X0RZ #6

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 11:20 AM

To the "You can safe your code with
os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw"
You can bypass it with an Floppy disk.
So, do you still think it's safe?