ngPost VS llvm-string-obfuscator

Then download the source code as ZIP file from GitHub (https://github.com/mbruel/ngPost/archive/refs/heads/master.zip)

ngpost is very beginner friendly, try using that instead

Maybe you want to give ngPost a try: https://github.com/mbruel/ngPost

Why are you trying to compile it from source ?

I assume standard obfuscation only consists of renaming the files and then posting normally while article obfuscation is modifying the subject like in the nyuu issue above. If someone is familiar with ngpost, are there 3 levels of obfuscation available here - article, filename and archive name? I can’t imagine much use for filename obfuscation if the other two are used, is everything else unnecessary with article obfuscation? The ngpost author also seems to be against obfuscation in general

A bit of a different tack: consider whether you even need to use a password. I made a comment here to the tune of thinking it makes little sense in most cases. Do passwords actually provide any more protection than obfuscation? Before mindlessly answering 'yes', consider the fact that passwords aren't actually used for secure encryption purposes in Usenet (since the password needs to be shared around), but rather a fancy form of obfuscation. Unfortunately, I don't really have any hard evidence one way or the other, so I don't like making this point (though I'd argue that proponents don't have any evidence either), but I think it's worth the thought.

Actually, both are incorrect, and I explain why that's a bad idea. The behaviour may have been true in the past, but isn't today (and as mentioned, writing temporary files sucks for performance).

I just noticed this from mbruel https://github.com/mbruel/ngPost/issues/102

For my use case, I need to create a llvm plugin which does some basic obfuscation to deter reversing of my application. I'm well aware obfuscation will not fully protect my application, but would like to implement it because one, the concept is interesting to me, and two, it will serve as a barrier to entry and might discourage some lazy bad actors. As an example, I have been referencing this project https://github.com/tsarpaul/llvm-string-obfuscator/blob/master/StringObfuscator/StringObfuscator.cpp , but would like to keep my code base totally in rust. I've searched around crates.io and can't find any library exposing bindings to the plugin pass api of llvm. Is there a crate already available to facilitate creating llvm passes in rust, or does anyone have any resources to suggest which could get me on the right path? I've created basic sys bindings for a c++ library (https://github.com/0xFounders/detour-sys), but am not an expert and was hoping there was already an established way to access the llvm pass api in rust.