Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 03:24, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > > Does anyone see any flaws in this? > > As long as you realize that any method like this is just going to be > retrieving a string, basically. You don't get any PHP code back, you just > get the results of the PHP code. So in your examp

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Tue, 14 May 2002, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Miguel Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Collins, Robert wrote: >>> $core_functions = >>> "http://www.domain.com/path/to/file/core_functions.php";; >>> require_once($core_function

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Miguel Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Collins, Robert wrote: > > $core_functions = > > "http://www.domain.com/path/to/file/core_functions.php";; > > require_once($core_functions); > > 1) You'd have to eval() it rather than requi

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Collins, Robert wrote: > $core_functions = > "http://www.domain.com/path/to/file/core_functions.php";; > require_once($core_functions); 1) You'd have to eval() it rather than requiring it. 2) lynx -source -dump http://www.domain.com/path/to/file/core_functi

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
[snip] > That's exactly what you need :) Have some core functions that are remotely > accessed. > > for example: > > $result = file("http://www.myserver.com/functions/square_root.php?input=4";); > > Then at www.myserver.com the square_root.php file would contain: >echo sqrt($input); > ?> > > D

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Jason Wong
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 23:00, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > From: "Stuart Dallas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Collins, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Put something like this in the top of each of the pages that have > > > common functions > > > > > > if(file_exists("/path/to/file

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Collins, Robert
ECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:00 AM To: Stuart Dallas; Collins, Robert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" From: "Stuart Dallas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Collins, Robert <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
From: "Stuart Dallas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Collins, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Put something like this in the top of each of the pages that have > > common functions > > > > if(file_exists("/path/to/file/core_functions.php")){ > > $core_functions = "/path/to/fi

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Stuart Dallas
Collins, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Put something like this in the top of each of the pages that have > common functions > > if(file_exists("/path/to/file/core_functions.php")){ > $core_functions = "/path/to/file/core_functions.php"; > }else{ >

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
I like this idea... Collins, Robert wrote: >IMHO The best way as a contractor to protect yourself against dishonest >companies or people is a contract. However, there maybe a simple method to >programmatically help. > >Put something like this in the top of each of the pages that have common >fun

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Collins, Robert
IMHO The best way as a contractor to protect yourself against dishonest companies or people is a contract. However, there maybe a simple method to programmatically help. Put something like this in the top of each of the pages that have common functions if(file_exists("/path/to/file/c

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Collins, Robert
D] -Original Message- From: Jason Soza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:12 PM To: Collins, Robert Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" For what it's worth, it's bee

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread SP
y 14, 2002 2:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" Step 1: Run the files through a prettyprinter. That instantly restores the indentation and line breaks. Step 2: Open up in a text editor like TextPad

RE: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-14 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Mon, 13 May 2002, SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > Yes even if you take some steps to protect your code it may still be > distributed, but it WILL be distributed if you don't. > > Think about security, as a sysadmin I can't just not apply security updates, > you apply every security up

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread SP
more screwed they will be. -Original Message- From: Miguel Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: May 13, 2002 10:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" Well, I promise you that I can re-a

RE: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread SHEETS,JASON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)
age- From: Jason Soza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" I think the point of all this, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread Collins, Robert
This thread was started to discuss how a contract programmer can protect himself from getting ripped of by an dishonest person or company not every little hacker in the world. It only takes one person with some free time to break your protection scheme, and then the cat's out of the bag. If th

Re: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" &"Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread Jason Soza
ssage - From: "SP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, May 13, 2002 1:48 pm Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" > Everyone is arguing that these encoders can be > cracked. Does anyone know of one, ha

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread SP
ay 13, 2002 3:29 PM To: Udo Giacomozzi Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" On 13 May 2002, Udo Giacomozzi wrote: > If the whole thing is designed the right way. > A copy protection I like for ex

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread Udo Giacomozzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (1lt John W. Holmes) wrote in 003301c1fa80$6cdfd1d0$2f7e3393@TB447CCO3:">news:003301c1fa80$6cdfd1d0$2f7e3393@TB447CCO3: > The term I use is "keeping honest people out" Not necessarily. If the whole thing is designed the right way. A copy protection I like for example are dong

Re: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
> Sure there is no 100% secure copy protection. I think the question is: "how > can I make it most difficult to break?" The term I use is "keeping honest people out" Also, if you're on active duty military, don't write anything for them. From the few responses I've seen to a question I asked, th

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-13 Thread Udo Giacomozzi
I don't think the success of a commercial product depends on whether it's source is public or not. But it may depend if the product can be easily stolen or multiplied. Sure, you can simply trust people that they act honestly and lefally but that isn't always the case. Let's assume you made a g

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-10 Thread David Freeman
> So I should buy a commerical product from zend to > protect my code but since my code will be reversed > engineered anyways then what's the point of buying > from zend? That's your choice. It's also my point. If you can't be 100% secure then perhaps you should be looking at what you're t

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-10 Thread SP
bject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" > Obviously most coders are in the middle ground. > They are not writing "the killer app of all time" > but is of significant value. I don't know what > people

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-09 Thread David Freeman
> Obviously most coders are in the middle ground. > They are not writing "the killer app of all time" > but is of significant value. I don't know what > people on here are charging but I can't add $2880 > a year to my overhead for the zend encoder. Plus > add $1875 per cpu for the zend ac

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-09 Thread SP
ssage- From: David Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: May 9, 2002 5:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" > I was talking in general. The BBS was simply an example to > make things cl

RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

2002-05-09 Thread David Freeman
> I was talking in general. The BBS was simply an example to > make things clearer. I am *not* developing a BB system! > If you want you can think of a immaginary tool that makes > a website load twice as fast, need the half web > space and makes the website look nicer, of course at lowe