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[David Krings]

On 4/14/2010 15:36, Lester Leong wrote:
> Hey all,
> The use case here is something similar to what Chris mentioned above, in
> that my organization develops and maintains a piece of software and we
> host this software on the client's premises, not ours. The obfuscation
> is just meant to be another hurdle to complicate life for the would-be
> attacker.

Wouldn't you want to invest in security measures than obfusctating the code? 
It is like putting all your money in a safe, but sticking a pad lock from Junk 
Lot on the front door. The thieves will crack the door no problem and then 
wheel the safe out figuring out to crack that later.
I assume that you do take other measures and that obfuscating is not the only 
defence. That said, you may want to take a look at NuCoder 
(http://www.nusphere.com/products/nucoder.htm). I haven't used it, but 
NuSphere is a halfway decent company who just needs to shape up on their 
licensing a bit. Their IDE is top shelf.

David