there should be some all-points-bulletin to the web-developers of the world
to end this subject. i don't know how many times i've seen this topic show
up on bulletin boards and mailing lists and usenet --
anything... ANYTHING that gets sent to the browser, whether it be a
quicktime file, to javascript, to css, to an applet, to WHATEVER -- can be
saved/requested/etc by any client.
as soon as SDMI is released, it will be cracked. there's already a few
hacks for PNM delivered realvideo and just about every other file format
known to man.
i don't mean to rant, but it seems like there is a disproportionate amount
of energy spent on finding ways to hide things than to create new ones.
even the company i work for has made me spend days on writing code to make
it "impossible" to save files and view html/javascript source code available
via http request by the browser. it's ridiculous.
the entertainment companies are especially bad in this regard. i've built
sites for sony and a few other tv studios etc -- they're all so concerned
with the littlest asset being up for grabs -- it consumes an unbelievable
amount of money to find ways to make it difficult to copy things, when in
actuality, there's really nothing you can do.
capitalists just need to come to grips with the fact that information is
across that barrier of tangible assets that can or even SHOULD be "secured"
or horded. the sad part is that DMCA and existing patent laws are just
impeding the development of useful technology and polluting every new
frontier in the world information.
can't we all just share our code and get along?
nothing against the developer out there who is ordered by their clients to
make everything "hidden," but we as developers really should understand the
topology we're dealing with -- i.e. it's an open book out there.
hope i'm not out of line. but seriously, every single web-development forum
out there is filled with pages and pages answering the question as to how
client-side data can be hidden. when it comes down to it, the only thing
you can do is write your own browser and encrypt everything, get rid of the
accessible cache on the client machine, and make everything impossible for
everyone.
anyways, have fun. i've just resigned myself to say "no" whenever a client
asks if they can do something that is inherently impossible. i've spent too
much time butting my head up against the wall trying to service paranoia.
(wow i sound clinically insane right now. i think i will stop writing.)
later all. :)
--brendanavery.com
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From: Orison Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Server <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Hidding Javascript
> As told, you won't be able to do that because the browser needs to
> see the script code in order to execute it. If it can see, anybody can.
>
> What we have been doing is to preprocess everything possible during
> coldfusion process time and send to browser javascript codes with
> some code already processed, like constants, array fillings, etc.
>
> Orison Almeida
>
> AXIS MULTIMEDIA
> Salvador - Bahia - Brasil
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