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<br><div><div>On 11 Jun 2009, at 10:23 pm, christopher wyllie wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">What is this ELF encryption thing? (Sorry, I know that google is a mere ctrl+k away but I'm lazy and want to promote human interaction :P)<br><br>What can be done with it?<br><br> </blockquote><br></div><div>Shiva describes itself thus:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Verdana; color: #333333">Shiva is a tool that allows encryption of ELF executables under Linux. Shiva can be used to wrap an executable in such a way that though it continues to run as it did before it is very difficult to debug and reverse engineer. Shiva can be used to password protect critical programs, including setuid programs, or simply to obfuscate sensitive data stored within programs.</font></div></div><br><div>I googled it :)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Iain</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>