What is the best way to go about obscuring Java code?

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Published on 2010-05-31T13:22:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 13:22 UTC
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Well, I'm planning on releasing a Jar into the world but would prefer if the code was not readably available to anyone with a Java Decompiler as I want to control access to the program with usernames / auth codes etc.

After some Googling I haven't found any software to do this for me, so I was wondering what steps to take from here; if anyone can point me at any software or information on methodologies of obscurification I would be grateful.

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