| Feature | Purpose | Why it blocks cracking | |---------|---------|------------------------| | AES-256 with white-box implementation | Encrypt bytecode | Key never appears in memory in standard form | | Dynamic hardware binding | Tie file to a specific server | Can't run decoder on a different machine | | Anti-debugging in loader (ptrace, int3, timing) | Prevent memory dumping | Loader crashes if a debugger is detected | | Obfuscated control flow | Confuse static analysis | Even decrypted bytecode looks like garbage without the original structure | | Encrypted string table | Hide function names | No eval("system") strings to grep | | Self-modifying code in loader | Prevent breakpoints | Loader rewrites its own instructions |
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