Why is mindterm.jar obfuscated?

maf@appgate.com maf@appgate.com
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:02:25 +0100 (CET)


On 11 Nov, Baltz, Kenneth wrote:
> If the product is now open source (or at least, the source is available),
> why then is the binary version obfuscated?

To save space.

>                                             It makes it harder to embed
> since most of the useful classes are obfuscated.

You could always build your own from the sources.

> Basically, I'm looking to use the product to transfer files and execute
> remote commands from inside a program I am writing.

Ok, that should be relatively easy. I assume you have found the examples
included with the sources which does stuff like that.

	/MaF
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