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Encoding PHP Scripts
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:58 am
by choppsta
I'm looking to be able to distribute one of our projects as a kind of stand alone product and I've been looking at the various encoding tools out there.
I kinda like the look of Source Guardian, but there's also the Ioncube stuff that looks quite good too.
What do you use and are there any "gotchas" that I should be aware of?
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:59 am
by Jenk
If it's been encrypted, it can be decrypted with, and without the key
I've not got any experience with encrypting PHP source, but I do know that the Zend encryption method has been "broken" and there are readily available 'decryption' apps.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:50 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Its down (from what I understand) to the weakness that PHP needs to be decoded prior to parsing - if you can intercept the decoded version between the decoder and the parser...
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:14 pm
by Roja
viewtopic.php?t=33935
Already covered this topic. All known encryption/encoding systems for php scripts at the interpreter level have been broken.
Focus your efforts on your contracts - they will protect you far better than weak encoding.