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# Most Useful Obfuscation # Most Useful Obfuscation
Larry Wall Larry Wall<br>
US US
## To build: ## To build:
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## Judges' remarks: ## Judges' remarks:
What we found amazing was how the flow of control was transferred What we found amazing was how the flow of control was transferred between
between subroutines. Careful inspection will show that the array of subroutines. Careful inspection will show that the array of pointers to
pointers to functions named `vi` refers to functions which seem to not functions named `vi` refers to functions which seem to not be directly called.
be directly called. Even so, these pointers to functions are being Even so, these pointers to functions are being used as an argument to
used as an argument to `signal()` (used both with and without an arg - but `signal(3)` (used both with and without an arg - but how?). Can you determine
how?). Can you determine why this is being done and how it is being exploited? why this is being done and how it is being exploited?
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