Private CONST GENKEY = &H87
''Sample: <Local Variable> = EnCode("127.0.0.1")
Private Function EnCode(ByVal IP As String) As String
    Dim aBytes() As Byte
    Dim i As Integer
    aBytes = IP
    aBytes(0) = aBytes(0) Xor GENKEY
    For i = 1 To Ubound(aBytes)         
        aBytes(i) = aBytes(i) Xor aBytes(i - 1)
    Next
    EnCode = aBytes
End Sub