diff --git a/lib/rex/proto/smb/evasions.rb b/lib/rex/proto/smb/evasions.rb
index e50e1c7533..2e68c9af5d 100644
--- a/lib/rex/proto/smb/evasions.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/proto/smb/evasions.rb
@@ -11,55 +11,56 @@ EVASION_HIGH  = 2
 EVASION_MAX   = 3
 
 	# Add bogus filler at the end of the SMB packet and before the data
-	def self.make_offset_filler(level, max_size = 60000, min_size = 512)	
+	def self.make_offset_filler(level, max_size = 60000, min_size = 512)
 
 		if (max_size < 0)
 			max_size = 4096
 		end
-		
+
 		if (min_size < max_size)
 			min_size = max_size - 1
 		end
-		
-		case level
-			when nil, EVASION_NONE
-				return ''
+
+		case level.to_i
 			when EVASION_LOW
 				Rex::Text.rand_text(32)
 			when EVASION_HIGH
 				Rex::Text.rand_text( rand(max_size - min_size) + min_size )
 			when EVASION_MAX
 				Rex::Text.rand_text( rand(max_size) )
+			else EVASION_NONE
+				return ''
 		end
 	end
-	
+
 	# Obscures a named pipe pathname via leading and trailing slashes
 	def self.make_named_pipe_path(level, pipe)
-		case level
-			when nil, EVASION_NONE
-				return '\\' + pipe
+		case level.to_i
 			when EVASION_LOW
 				return ('\\' * (1024 + rand(512))) + pipe
 			when EVASION_HIGH, EVASION_MAX
 				return ('\\' * (1024 + rand(512))) + pipe + ('\\' * (1024 + rand(512)))
-		end	
+			else
+				return '\\' + pipe
+		end
 	end
-	
+
 	# Obscures the TransactNamedPipe \PIPE\ string
 	def self.make_trans_named_pipe_name(level)
-		case level
-			when nil, EVASION_NONE
-				return '\\PIPE\\'
+		case level.to_i
 			when EVASION_LOW
 				return ('\\' * (256 - rand(64)) + 'PIPE\\')
 			when EVASION_HIGH
 				return Rex::Text.rand_text(512 - rand(128))
 			when EVASION_MAX
 				return Rex::Text.rand_text(1024 - rand(256))
+			else
+				return '\\PIPE\\'
 		end
-	end	
+	end
 
 end
 end
 end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/rex/text.rb b/lib/rex/text.rb
index 6ac65e68b1..454a49429b 100644
--- a/lib/rex/text.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/text.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Text
 	AllChars     = [*(0x00 .. 0xff)].pack("C*")
 
 	DefaultPatternSets = [ Rex::Text::UpperAlpha, Rex::Text::LowerAlpha, Rex::Text::Numerals ]
-	
+
 	# In case Iconv isn't loaded
 	Iconv_EBCDIC = ["\x00", "\x01", "\x02", "\x03", "7", "-", ".", "/", "\x16", "\x05", "%", "\v", "\f", "\r", "\x0E", "\x0F", "\x10", "\x11", "\x12", "\x13", "<", "=", "2", "&", "\x18", "\x19", "?", "'", "\x1C", "\x1D", "\x1E", "\x1F", "@", "Z", "\x7F", "{", "[", "l", "P", "}", "M", "]", "\\", "N", "k", "`", "K", "a", "\xF0", "\xF1", "\xF2", "\xF3", "\xF4", "\xF5", "\xF6", "\xF7", "\xF8", "\xF9", "z", "^", "L", "~", "n", "o", "|", "\xC1", "\xC2", "\xC3", "\xC4", "\xC5", "\xC6", "\xC7", "\xC8", "\xC9", "\xD1", "\xD2", "\xD3", "\xD4", "\xD5", "\xD6", "\xD7", "\xD8", "\xD9", "\xE2", "\xE3", "\xE4", "\xE5", "\xE6", "\xE7", "\xE8", "\xE9", nil, "\xE0", nil, nil, "m", "y", "\x81", "\x82", "\x83", "\x84", "\x85", "\x86", "\x87", "\x88", "\x89", "\x91", "\x92", "\x93", "\x94", "\x95", "\x96", "\x97", "\x98", "\x99", "\xA2", "\xA3", "\xA4", "\xA5", "\xA6", "\xA7", "\xA8", "\xA9", "\xC0", "O", "\xD0", "\xA1", "\a", nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil]
 	Iconv_ASCII  = ["\x00", "\x01", "\x02", "\x03", "\x04", "\x05", "\x06", "\a", "\b", "\t", "\n", "\v", "\f", "\r", "\x0E", "\x0F", "\x10", "\x11", "\x12", "\x13", "\x14", "\x15", "\x16", "\x17", "\x18", "\x19", "\x1A", "\e", "\x1C", "\x1D", "\x1E", "\x1F", " ", "!", "\"", "#", "$", "%", "&", "'", "(", ")", "*", "+", ",", "-", ".", "/", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", ":", ";", "<", "=", ">", "?", "@", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z", nil, "\\", nil, nil, "_", "`", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z", "{", "|", "}", "~", "\x7F", nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil]
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module Text
 	# Iconv
 	def self.to_ebcdic_rex(str)
 		new_str = []
-		str.each_byte do |x| 
+		str.each_byte do |x|
 			if Iconv_ASCII.index(x.chr)
 				new_str << Iconv_EBCDIC[Iconv_ASCII.index(x.chr)]
 			else
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ module Text
 	# Iconv
 	def self.from_ebcdic_rex(str)
 		new_str = []
-		str.each_byte do |x| 
+		str.each_byte do |x|
 			if Iconv_EBCDIC.index(x.chr)
 				new_str << Iconv_ASCII[Iconv_EBCDIC.index(x.chr)]
 			else
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ module Text
 	# Base text generator method
 	def self.rand_base(len, bad, *foo)
 		cset = (foo.join.unpack("C*") - bad.to_s.unpack("C*")).uniq
-		return if cset.length == 0
+		return "" if cset.length == 0
 		outp = []
 		len.times { outp << cset[rand(cset.length)] }
 		outp.pack("C*")