Editing Obfuscation (software) (section)

=== Automated tools<span class="anchor" id="Obfuscating software"></span><span class="anchor" id="Examples"></span> ===
A variety of tools exist to perform or assist with code obfuscation. These include experimental research tools developed by academics, hobbyist tools, commercial products written by professionals, and [[open-source software]]. Additionally, deobfuscation tools exist, aiming to reverse the obfuscation process.

While most commercial obfuscation solutions transform either program source code or platform-independent bytecode, {{em|i.e.}} portable code (as used by [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[.NET]]), some also work directly on compiled binaries.
* Some [[Python (programming language)|Python]] examples can be found in the [https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html#is-it-possible-to-write-obfuscated-one-liners-in-python official Python programming FAQ] and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Kurtovic |title=Obfuscating "Hello world!" |url=https://benkurtovic.com/2014/06/01/obfuscating-hello-world.html |website=benkurtovic.com |access-date=October 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914093302/http://benkurtovic.com/2014/06/01/obfuscating-hello-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Obfuscated Python |url=http://wiki.c2.com/?ObfuscatedPython |website=wiki.c2.com |access-date=October 18, 2017 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214190515/http://wiki.c2.com/?ObfuscatedPython |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The First Annual Obfuscated Python Content |url=https://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/16171/ |website=code.activestate.com |access-date=October 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525195529/https://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/16171 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The ''movfuscator'' [[C (programming language)|C]] [[compiler]] for the [[X86|x86_32 ISA]] uses only the [[X86 instruction listings|''mov'']] instruction in order to obfuscate.<ref>{{Citation |last=domas |title=xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator |date=2022-11-03 |url=https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator |access-date=2022-11-05 |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112181448/https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Break Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher Domas | date=September 25, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7EEoWg6Ekk |access-date=2022-11-05 |language=en |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021143736/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7EEoWg6Ekk |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hackaday.com/2021/05/21/one-instruction-to-rule-them-all-c-compiler-emits-only-mov/ |title=One Instruction To Rule Them All: C Compiler Emits Only MOV |last=Williams |first=Al |publisher=[[Hackaday]] |date=2021-03-21 |accessdate=2023-10-23 }}</ref>