Best Java obfuscator?

java obfuscation
Xinus picture Xinus · Mar 29, 2010 · Viewed 138.4k times · Source

I am developing a security software and want to obfuscate my java code so it will become impossible to reverse engineer. What is the most reliable java obfuscator ?

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BalusC picture BalusC · Mar 29, 2010

First, you really need to keep in mind that it's never impossible to reverse-engineer something. Everything is hackable. A smart developer using a smart IDE can already get far enough.

Well, you can find here a list. ProGuard is pretty good. I've used it myself, but only to "minify" Java code.

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