Apple's iTunes application and store is a good example of a private label browser. The store is a web application (WebObjects based - very cool technology). Instead of delivering the content via http://... They changed the protocol to itms:// and registered their iTunes client to be the helper application for that protocol. They conveniently hid the view source from their web store.
Itunes is a pretty cool example of doing what you want. On 11/8/04 9:52 PM, "Steven J. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 09:37:09PM -0500, Dov Rosenberg wrote: >> The only thing I can think of to hide the source of the page is to create >> your own private label browser or perhaps load the source of the page in a >> hidden frame and use some javascript to display the text you want. Not sure >> why you would want to go thru the hassle - there are lots of ways to defeat >> any measure. > > You're right, this is futile, because it's trivial to get the > source of the page, no matter what you do at the browser level. The > browser has to see the source to render it, therefore the server is > providing the source, upon request, to anything that knocks at port 80 > and asks for it. Getting the source is as simple as telnetting to the > webserver on port 80 and faking the commands. Or run a packet sniffer > in the network you're browsing from. Or run a logging http proxy on > your own machine and point your browser at it. > > You can't show something to people and keep it secret at the same > time. > -- Dov Rosenberg Conviveon Corporation http://www.conviveon.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
