Is there a good obfuscater for Perl code?

Question

Does anyone know of a good code obsfucator for Perl? I\'m being ask to look into the option of obsfucating code before releasing it to a client. I know obsfucated code can s

Answer 1

It would seem your main issue is clients modifying code which then makes it difficult for you to support it. I would suggest you ask for checksums (md5,sha, etc) of their files when they come to you for support, and similarly check files' checksums when patching. For example, you can ask the client to provide the output of a provided program which goes through their install and checksums all the files.

Ultimately they have the code, so they can do whatever they want to it. The best you can do is enforce your licenses and to make sure you only support unmodified code.