Exaaaaactly! Just to be clear, we're not dealing with mission critical stuff or bank accounts. The issue is that if you sell a web based application to a company that then runs it on their own infrastructure, it'd be cool to be able to protect your interests somehow and ensure you can manage a recurring annual income from it. I guess one answer is "don't build it in PHP", but that's a cop-out!
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 5 Nov 2011, at 11:03, WebbedIT wrote: > 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 -- 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
