Safety & Policy

This project is designed for education and defensive research. It intentionally enforces strict safety gates.

Safety Gates

• Default mode is analysis-only (dry run).
• Actual packing requires BOTH:
• Environment variable: PE_PACKER_ALLOW_PACKING=1
• Command-line flag: --force

Without both, the CLI prints file metadata (size, entropy) and exits successfully without writing any packed binary.

Responsible Use

• Use only on systems and binaries for which you have explicit permission.
• Do not attempt evasion, concealment, or unauthorized distribution.
• Review:
• SECURITY.md
• LICENSE-APPENDIX.md

CI Guardrails

• Main workflow /.github/workflows/ci.yml runs a safety suite (python/tests/test_safety.py) that verifies the gates.
• The PyPI educational stub has a separate guarded workflow under pypi-stub/.github/workflows/publish-stub.yml and contains no functional code.