PyGuard v3.1.0.0

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PyGuard v3.1.0.0

PyGuard is a Python obfuscation and anti-tampering library with modular architecture. It consists of a main obfuscation engine with multiple encryption layers, legacy obfuscation for backward compatibility, and runtime protection features.

Changelog

Added

General

• Added strict parameters type control to avoid unexpected runtime errors
• Added Pyrefly strict code checks to ensure height code quality
• Added Yamllint strict workflows checks to ensure height workflows quality
• Added comprehensive project documentation

General Commands

• Added streamed real time pip output to dependencies command

Legacy Obfuscation

• Added Base64 separator encoding to MediumObfuscation and PowerObfuscateion to blend separator better into encrypted code
• Added --seplen separator length option, to allow custom separators

Main Obfuscation

• Added advanced environment checks to detect execution in hostile environment
• Added --decoy decoy code entry to execute if environment checks fail, to prevent attacker from knowing whether he was detected
• Added --debug and --debug-error to make it easier to find bugs in executor

Tests

• Added complex test case to ensure stability with complex codebases
• Added local tests to allow contributors to test their changes without pushing

Changed

General

• Improved project structure for better orientation
• Rewrote readme to ensure clean and comprehensive project understanding
• Fixed argument type error when parsing incorrect argument
• Reworked project-wide exception handling to provide better errors
• Rewrote logger functionality to ensure correct handling of all possible cases
• Many small code quality and performance improvements
• Many bug fixes

General Commands

• Fixed inconsistency in help command handling
• Fixed info command output suppression if --quiet is on
• Fixed pip ignoring global instructions in dependencies
• Rewrote help texts for better understanding

Legacy Obfuscation

• Reworked files and dirs path handling algorithm to ensure maximum robustness

Main Obfuscation

• Reworked files and dirs path handling algorithm to ensure maximum robustness
• Fixed save path calculation algorithm
• Replaced AES-GCM with AES-GCM-SIV and ChaCha20 with XChaCha20-Poly1305
• Rewrote executor to ensure maximum possible protection
• Reworked encryption and decryption logic for new algorithms to be as fast as possible
• Reworked file integrity checks to ensure maximum security and bypass protection
• Reworked string hashing because old one was poorly made
• Changed executor import logic
• Improved executor assembling to ensure maximum robustness

Tests

• Reworked github workflow test pipelines to cover more cases
• Reworked github workflow test pipelines to ensure robustness
• Reworked local test execution structure

Removed

• Removed --salsa option from main obfuscation, because it's unauthenticated stream cipher
• Replaced AES-GCM with AES-GCM-SIV and ChaCha20 with XChaCha20-Poly1305

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Full Changelog: v3.0.0.0...v3.1.0.0

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