Alex Kalinovsky《Covert Java》第三章节Obfuscating Classes翻译（四）

了解最好的混淆器

 

世面上流行着很多的混淆器，它们大部分的基本功能都是一样。表3.1包括了最常见的几种混淆器产品，部分是免费的，部分是商用的。

 

表3.1

产品名称	KLASSMASTER	PROGUARD	RETRO GUARD	DASH-O	JSHRINK
版本	4.1	1.7	1.1.13	2.x	2.0
价格	$199–$399	免费	免费	$895–$2995	$95
删除调试信息	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
重命名	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
加密 Java strings	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
改变控制流	Yes	No	No	No	No
插入错误代码	Yes	No	No	No	No
删除无用代码(shrinking)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
优化字节码	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Flexibility of scripting language and obfuscation control	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Not rated	Good
Reconstruction of stack traces	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

 

对于需要保护知识产权的商业软件，我推荐Zelix KlassMaster ，因为它的控制流混淆功能非常有特色。这项技术使得混淆后的代码非常难以破解，所以这个软件非常物有所值。在我写这篇文章的时候，它是已知的唯一具有此项功能的软件。ProGuard  是由 www.sourceforge.net  提供的免费软件，它对于那些开发预算比较敏感的使用者，同时所开发的软件并不需要商业级别保护的项目来说，是最好的选择。

 

 

 

英语原文

Knowing the Best Obfuscators

Plenty of obfuscators are available, and most of them contain the same set of core features. Table 3.1 includes just a few of the most popular products, both free and commercial.

TABLE 3.1  Popular Obfuscators

PRODUCT	KLASSMASTER	PROGUARD	RETRO GUARD	DASH-O	JSHRINK
Version	4.1	1.7	1.1.13	2.x	2.0
Price	$199–$399	Free	Free	$895–$2995	$95
Stripping out of debug information	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Name mangling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Encoding of Java strings	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Changing of control flow	Yes	No	No	No	No
Insertion of corrupt code	Yes	No	No	No	No
Elimination of unused code (shrinking)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Optimizing of bytecode	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Flexibility of scripting language and obfuscation control	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Not rated	Good
Reconstruction of stack traces	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

For commercial applications that contain intellectual property, I recommend Zelix KlassMaster primarily because of its unique control flow obfuscation. This technique makes the obfuscated code truly hard to crack, so the product is worth every dollar you will pay for it. At the time of writing, it is the only obfuscator known to have this feature. ProGuard is available free from www.sourceforge.net and is the best choice for the budget-conscious user with applications that do not require commercial-strength protection.