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Need php to secure my Flash file

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:23 am
by top10googlerank
Hi, :)

My website is Flash file http://www.top10googlerank.com/, please look at source code on index page and you will see .swf file. My question is how can I hide .swf file, so nobody can see it.

Thank you,
Kathryn

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:41 am
by anjanesh
1. Cool Mouse Movement !

2. I dont see how you can 'hide' a swf file if it gets loaded on the client's PC. Because this is a purely client side part you cannot get someone to not to copy that swf file as it gets downloaded anyway.

3. I dont know Flash - but I thought the source is .fla which gets converted to .swf - so no one would be able to get the source right ? So what are you worried abt ? Or is it like Java where .class files can be converted back to .java ?

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:23 am
by feyd
a swf can be decompiled.. there's pretty much no way around it.. if you display it, they can get to it.. I say don't worry about it too much..

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:01 am
by theda
I've said this in a few other threads:

If it exists inside reality, then it can be stolen.

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:04 am
by pilau
theda wrote:I've said this in a few other threads:

If it exists inside reality, then it can be stolen.

Man this is a good one :D:D

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:19 pm
by josh
You could use php to output the swf file, and a token (unique ID), this way they cant just copy the URL from the source code. They would still be able to look in their temporary internet files and see the swf file, there is no way to stop thieves like feyd said, but at least you can deter some of the more incompetent ones