------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples of Obfuscated Perl s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/ The above converts 3 sets of 4 characters in: "(q.S:$/9=(T1" into 3 x 3 character sequences using crypt(): "liverpole" It would have been created by hashing many many passwords and creating a table of the resulting hash after the 2 character salt. -- a lot of effort! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another (older) example by the same author @ARGV=split//,"/:L"; map{print substr crypt($_,ord pop),2,3}qw"PerlyouC READPIPE provides" Which crypts the 3 given words using the characters / : L to generate the same set of 3 character sequences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using uppercased controls... print "\u\c*\c5\c3\c4\c`\c!\c.\c/\c4\c(\c%\c2\u\c0\c%\c2\c,\c`\c(\c!c\c+\c%\c2\cJ" Just another Perl hacker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------