Posted by David Haynes on 05/30/06 18:34

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> universalbitmapper wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to protect my sources php/CSS/js, there is
>> software to do it, but the licence price shifts-scrolls tenfold, anyway
>> if one customer is really an expert, she could find out
>>
>> So I need pro advice on that one
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>>
>> Ishke Baha
>>
>
> Your PHP shouldn't be available if your server is set up correctly. It
> will be executed on the server and the user will never see it.
>
> It's impossible to protect CSS, js or HTML, however. For the browser to
> be able to use these, it must download them. And if it can download
> them, so can any user.
>
While this is true, the question is "Protected from whom?". If the idea
is not to allow the admin of the web site to see the code, then you need
a server-side obfuscation strategy.

-david-

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