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Re: Class-Dump Protection??
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Re: Class-Dump Protection??


  • Subject: Re: Class-Dump Protection??
  • From: Lucas Eckels <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:36:16 -0400

Everything needs to be available to the runtime.  This does not mean,
however, that it cannot be obfuscated.  It is possible to write a tool
which will analyze your binary and determine the relationships between
selectors and class names.  This could then rename the selectors and
classes in the binary to random text.

That said, I don't know of any such tools available for Obj-C.  I know
Java and C# have similar "problems" and have obfuscators available.

Personally, I wouldn't bother.  AFAIK, class-dump is most useful for
writing SIMBL plugins and linking to private frameworks -- not
particularly malicious.
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