Would never of thought of software at that sort of high end level being developed using uncompiled/unencrypted code of any flavour. Could just see me walking into a bank, having a look at there source code and tweaking a few PHP functions :)
On Nov 4, 6:47 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking of apps running on internal banking servers (real case scenario) > where hosting it remotely is a no-no for security reasons. Encrypting that > would be pretty fantastic. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 4 Nov 2011, at 18:42, WebbedIT wrote: > > > > > > > > > @Jeremy: I would be wary of allowing any software licensed annually to > > be hosted on another server. Apps licensed in this way tend to be more > > like an SAAS app and as such would be centrally stored to allow for > > maintenance, upgrades etc. > > > If it is a plugin that we're talking about then the license tends to > > get you a period of support and access to upgrades, so to let your > > license expires means you can continue to use the plugin without > > upgrades/fixes. > > > Have you ever, or no of anyone else, who has bought code where you had > > to decrypt it (try finding a shared hosting service that has ioncube/ > > zend guard installed)? Maybe you could have a call from the remote > > server to a database on your server which checked if a license is > > valid? > > > HTH, Paul > > > On Nov 4, 9:38 am, AD7six <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Nov 4, 10:13 am, WebbedIT <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> @Ryan: If you could not raise a smile at Andy's response in this > >>> thread then you really could do with a weekend off. Your response is > >>> nicer than Andy's but they both mean the same thing ... "Why on earth > >>> do you need to protect your code?!?" > > >> Actually my "point" (there was no point in my answer) was more this: > > >>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=protect+php+files > > >> if you can type your question in google and the answer pops up - it's > >> not a question that belongs on any support forum. Less so here, for a > >> question that has nothing specific to do with CakePHP. > > >> AD > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
