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This script was written in a mere night in order to provide simple yet effective means of obfuscating a plain-text file. After sitting unused for several months it was decided that it should be slightly reworked into a usable tool. In the current design it will take a user-supplied plain-text file and map the letters to a pseudorandom buffer of obfuscated text or map to a user-supplied key file. Once the characters have been mapped, a pseudorandom list of corresponding indices is output.

The concept itself closely resembles that of codebooks. Once generated, the indices or key text (obfuscated text) can be separately stored then reassembled using a loader tool. The interesting aspect is that the key text can be any plain-text file so long as it has all corresponding characters. Without the indices the original text cannot be recovered and the file appears normal; the same can be applied to having the indices but not having the original key obfuscation text.

Although Obfuscare is not a fully fleshed out tool and the concept itself is by no means new, it can provide a subtle way of distributing information or hiding it in plain sight.

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