Obfuscating function names and the like inside exe file

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:ho34du$2lij$1 at digitalmars.com...
> bobef wrote:
>> I was wondering if someone know of way to obfuscate all the strings and
>> function names and class names inside DMD Windows generated exe file. 
>> Opening
>> the file with notepad shows all kinds of strings and names in clear text 
>> and
>> since my application handles some sensitive data it gives me an extra 
>> feeling
>> of insecurity. Any suggestions?
>
> 1. make sure you're not compiling with debug info (-g) on.
>
> 2. you can just use a bit editor to stomp on those names in the executable 
> (replace them with XXXXX or whatever). The exe files are not checksummed, 
> so this should be straightforward.
>
> 3. rename your sensitive classes to obscure names, then alias them to a 
> readable name. The alias name shouldn't appear in the executable:
>
>     class CXX97ASDFXX { }
>     alias CXX97ASDFXX mySensitiveName;

Wouldn't compiler errors still refer to the obfuscated name?