There is also a free obfuscator at SourceGuardian: http://www.sourceguardian.com/downloads/sg20.zip
The encryption tools to look at are: Zend encoder SourceGuardian Pro Turck MMCache Ioncube Doing a google search for any of the above will bring up enough for you to work with > -----Original Message----- > > Take a look at Turck MMCache and Zend Encoder, both will require your > user to install a free Loader. Turck MMCache is free, Zend > Encoder is > not, either will make your applications run faster. > > You should workout good licensing deals with your clients > because with > enough motivation and time they will reverse engineer an encoded > script. The PHP Obfuscator was intresting but you need to test your > application again after you use it because of the changes it makes to > the code. > > Most people recommend good legal licensing and a good > relationship, if > that isn't possible I'd use MMCache or Zend Encoder and > accept someone > may reverse engineer it at some point, either of these programs are > better than something that obscures the code because the store the > optimized bytecode which will accelerate the program where an > encrypted > source file will slow you down, an obscured one shouldn't > slow you down > much if at all but then there is the testing thing :). > > Jason > > Ivo Fokkema wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I've actually been looking for this kind of things for a > while as well. > >However, I would not want my client to install something to > uncode the > >scripts (probably causing the scripts to be unencoded > easier). I found > >these: > > > >PHP OBFUSCATOR > >http://richard.fairthorne.is-a-geek.com/utils_obfuscate.php > > > >Phrozen > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/phrozen/ > > > >POBS > >http://pobs.mywalhalla.net/ > > > >Anyone have any recommendations or experience with any? > > > >-- > >Ivo > > > > > >"Evan Nemerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>Take a look at Turck MMCache (free) and Zend Encoder (not). > >> > >>http://www.turcksoft.com/en/e_mmc.htm > >>http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-encoder.php > >> > >> > >> > >>On Saturday 06 September 2003 01:59 pm, Charles Kline wrote: > >> > >> > >>>What methods are available (ups and downs) for encrypting and > >>>serializing php applications for sale? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Charles > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
