memfrob - frobnicate (obfuscate) a memory area
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ memfrob() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
The memfrob() function obfuscates the first n bytes of the memory area s by exclusive-ORing each
character with the number 42. The effect can be reversed by using memfrob() on the obfuscated memory
area.
Note that this function is not a proper encryption routine as the XOR constant is fixed, and is suitable
only for hiding strings.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
memfrob - frobnicate (obfuscate) a memory area
Return Value
The memfrob() function returns a pointer to the obfuscated memory area.
See Also
bstring(3), strfry(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 memfrob(3)
Standards
GNU.
Synopsis
#define_GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include<string.h>void*memfrob(voids[.n],size_tn);
