flash actionscript: Hi all!

Before you shout "you can't!" please hear the question... ;)

I'd like some advice on protecting swf files. I am well aware what can and
what can't be done, but I find it hard to figure out what some of the
obfuscators do. I guess all of them rename the variables, but is that all
they do? Do they add spagghetti code? Do they optimize the code for speed?
What is their impact on execution speed?

And yes, I know the swf files can't be protected from a determined hacker -
but they can and should be protected from a program. At least until
artificial intelligence evolves a bit more... :D

Flash has become a defacto standard for web delivered applications and
provides a powerful programming language too... It is almost unthinkable
that every kid can not only see the bytecode (which is the same as in every
other platform) but also AS as it was written!
From my research I figure the market hasn't evolved enough to provide us
with powerful obfuscators yet, but it would be nice to know which ones are
the best at this time (and what they are capable of).

So: which obfuscators would you recommend? What do they do to protect swfs?

Any comment is appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi,

Our product "SWF Encrypt" is available for both Windows and Mac OSX
and Encrypts & Obfuscates ActionScript in Flash 6, 7 and 8 Files (An
update for Flash 9 will be available in October)

http://www.amayeta.com

I hope this helps!