Protecting Python source

Josef Meile jmeile at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 26 15:34:52 EST 2004


> I am looking for methods of deploying applications with end users so
> that the python code is tamper proof. What are my options ?
> 
> I understand I can supply .pyc or .pyo files but they can easily be
> reverse engineered I am told.
You could try to obfuscate the code with the pyobfuscate package. The
scripts will be easy to reverse, but difficult to understand. I haven't
tried it because I haven't had this need, but it shoul work:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/projects/pyobfuscate/

Regards,
Josef



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