Redvers Cloaking Device
Redvers Consulting Limited
The Redvers Cloaking Device is a
COBOL obfuscator that protects the
intellectual property in COBOL
source code by removing all
comprehensible text, names and
labels without changing the logic.
This product is a valuable resource
for outsourcing, backup and
business continuity projects. It can
even be used to bring in-house
COBOL products to market.
Main features:
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Runs on any COBOL platform using the standard 80 byte
reference format
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Distributed in COBOL source code form (cloaked)
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No special compile/link requirements
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Resulting code is 70% smaller than the original
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Facility to select specific lines for cloaking
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Encrypts procedure division literals
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Operates on pre-translated and post-translated source
code (SQL, CICS etc.)
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Once cloaked, source cannot be uncloaked
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Free 30 day trial on request
In these times of global outsourcing and black markets in
industrial secrets, it is essential that valuable and sensitive
COBOL source code is protected before it is seen by external
organizations.
The Redvers Cloaking Device provides this protection, while
leaving the COBOL in its source code state so that it can be
compiled and tested along with the rest of the system code.
Whether you develop commercial software in COBOL or you are
an end user, the Redvers Cloaking Device will protect your ideas
and enable you to distribute software in source code form,
giving you access to all COBOL platforms.
Redvers Cloaking Device – Product Summary
How it Works
The Cloaking Device (RCCLOAK) is a selfcontained batch COBOL program that requires
no copybooks, includes or objects. The
RCCLOAK source code has itself been cloaked
in order to protect authors and clients from
code alterations by unqualified personnel.
In order to cloak a program just pass
RCCLOAK the original source code as a data
file and it will write a file containing the
cloaked COBOL source code. The cloaked
source can then be compiled, linked and run
in place of the original source.
Cloaked source code can be compiled, linked
and executed in the normal way. Cloaked
programs are currently running on IBM
mainframe, HP, AS400, UNIX, CA-Realia,
Siemens, Fujitsu and Micro Focus platforms.
Once a program has been cloaked it is not
possible to reverse engineer the source so
that meaningful text and data names are
restored.
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Technical Information
The device consists of a standard batch
COBOL program (RCCLOAK) that compiles in
the same way as any other COBOL program.
It has one input file (RCCOBIN) which is
assigned to the target source and one output
file
(RCCOBOUT)
that
produces
the
cloaked/obfuscated source. Both input and
output files are sequential 80 byte fixed
length records.
The target source can be any variation of
COBOL
program
from
any
machine
environment. The only requirements are that
the program conforms to the standard 80 byte
reference format and contains the DATA
DIVISION statement.
It is important to note that the cloaking
process does not attempt to check the syntax
or validity of the input source code. Therefore
if compile errors exist before cloaking, the
same errors will exist afterwards.
Specific lines within the input source code can
be preserved from the cloaking process if
required. This can be useful when source code
is outsourced or offered for sale and certain
information needs to be passed to the
supplier/customer.
A sample section of cloaked source code:
The Product Package
A perpetual license for the Redvers Cloaking
Device (RCCLOAK) costs 3,000 US dollars
or equivalent currency. Alternatively, the
device can be leased on an annual basis for
just 600 US dollars per year.
Additional options:
• 24 x 7 telephone hotline support
• Software escrow agreement with the NCC
Group
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Product source code (cloaked)
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User Guide
Software and documents are shipped in the
form of email attachments unless otherwise
requested. Installation is performed by
copying the source code text into your COBOL
source code library and compiling.
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Corporate level software license
Further details can be found at:
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Two year warranty
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Product upgrades and support via email*
* Free for the first two years followed by an annual fee of
600 US dollars.
Your purchase includes:
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Redvers Cloaking Device – Product Summary
Who We Are
Established in 1988, Redvers Consulting is an IT products and services company
providing IT solutions based around the COBOL programming language.
Our clients are primarily large financial institutions in the UK and USA although we also have
customers in other business and geographical areas.
In the early years we specialised in the art of optimising large batch systems and this work
continues today. More recently our focus has changed to producing COBOL based software tools
and products like the Redvers COBOL XML Interface and Redvers Cloaking Device.
We are IBM, HP, WRQ and Fujitsu Siemens business partners and members of the Professional
Contractors Group.
Our client list includes:
Affiliated Computer Services (USA)
Bank One / JP Morgan (USA)
Barclays Life Assurance (UK)
Canada Life Assurance (UK)
Citibank NA (USA & UK)
CUNA Mutual Life Insurance (USA)
Deutsche Bank (USA)
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (DE)
Dun & Bradstreet (UK)
FirstBank (USA)
Fegro Selgros (DE)
GMAC Insurance (USA)
John Deere (USA)
Lehman Brothers (USA & UK)
Metavante (USA)
Railtrack / Network Rail (UK)
Sasktel (Canada)
Standard Life Assurance (UK)
Suncorp (AUS)
WorldCom / MCI (USA)
Zurich Insurance (UK & SUI)
Contact Information
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Development Office:
Redvers Consulting Limited
Channelsea House,
Canning Road,
London E15 3ND, UK
Tel: +44 (0)208 503 1211
Fax: +44 (0)700 603 8655
Head Office:
German Office:
Redvers Consulting Limited
1st Floor, 48 Dangan Road,
London E11 2RF,
UK
Tel: +44 (0)870 922 0633
Fax: +44 (0)700 603 8655
Redvers Consulting Limited
Postfach 30 03 26,
50773 Köln,
Deutschland
Tel: +49 (0)221 1704 9000
Fax: +49 (0)221 271 1016
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