Chapter 3. JavaScript and VBScript
Information in this chapter:
• Syntax
• Encodings
• JavaScript Variables
• VBScript
• JScript
• E4X
Abstract:
JavaScript is a dynamic and expressive language. Although JavaScript is loosely typed, it has powerful features. In fact, the loosely typed nature of the language makes much strange looking code syntax work that, at first glance, should not work. Understanding JavaScript syntax is the key to good obfuscation, because understanding how languages work enables you to take full advantage of their features and produce truly unreadable code. This chapter begins with a background on JavaScript and a few simple examples to help you understand the obfuscation you will perform later in the chapter. In addition, the chapter ...
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