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ELF files you can compare and find out all you need. Here on this and need protection obfuscation or packing elf. Info ELF ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked
Again, what is your GOAL??? What are you trying to accomplish? An ELF executable is a compiled program...finding out it is compiled, dynamically linked, etc., still does not expose source code, etc. You cannot 'pack' it/obfuscate it/encrypt it, and still have it work.
A program is a program. If you want 100% security 100% of the time, then never let your program off your computer.
That's what I want to protect my elf file from. From curious users. Do you understand what I mean ?
Yes, and I assumed that from the start. And there is ZERO chance of you having success doing it. Microsoft hasn't been able to in decades with billions of dollars; curious users will always poke at things. No matter what you do, period. People will tinker, prod, and poke...and in the end, they will do what you don't want anyway.
Ever watch a DVD on Linux? Yeah...ask around about the DRM crap they spent millions on to prevent 'non licensed' players. Which lasted a short while, before someone wrote a VERY small program that decrypted everything.
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