Hi Andrei, Thank you for writing.
>I have read announcement about CodeSecure. I am sorry to say, but I am >not sure this product is worth $49. No problem, that is totally your opinion and you have a right to it. > The problem is not $49, which is very small amount indeed, Yes, this is aimed at the average PHP person, professional or novice. >1) If someone need just PHP obfuscator - here is proven GPL product >called POBS (http://pobs.mywalhalla.net/). An excellent product, we are using it in codeSECURE as the first layer ourselves and have made a custom interface for all people who purchase codeSECURE to 1.upload their files 2.click the settings they want 3.obfuscate the files 4.download in .zip or .tar format then run the obfuscated files thru codeSECURE. This saves them the setting up and other things of POBS, plus its totally free for people who purchase our codeSECURE. >2) PHP encoding/decoding on the fly without extra PHP extensions is >possible with GPL-ed software called Phrozen >(http://sourceforge.net/projects/phrozen/). Again pretty good, but not so secure plus a problem setting up and running, the first time anyway. >3) PHP Scripts may be stored (and distributed to the clients) in >compiled form with opcode cash TurckMMcache, which is also Open Source. No idea about this one. Sorry. >4) Another (very similar) product called CodeLock costs $55, but requires >option "Globals On" to be set, and some people reported weird problems >with it. I do not know if CodeSecure might have (or have not) similar >issues because of similar architecture. You are right of course, codelock is very similar to our product, and our product requires "Globals on" (Only during encoding). We think the architecture is very close as we were looking very close at this product when we made ours, in output ours is much more secure as we ran over some of the problems with codelock. Any other questions / suggestions or criticisms Cheers, -JB I have read announcement about CodeSecure. I am sorry to say, but I am not sure this product is worth $49. The problem is not $49, which is very small amount indeed, but the features available with other Open Source software. 1) If someone need just PHP obfuscator - here is proven GPL product called POBS (http://pobs.mywalhalla.net/). 2) PHP encoding/decoding on the fly without extra PHP extensions is possible with GPL-ed software called Phrozen (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phrozen/). 3) PHP Scripts may be stored (and distributed to the clients) in compiled form with opcode cash TurckMMcache, which is also Open Source. 4) Another (very similar) product called CodeLock (http://www.websitecreations.co.nz/codelock/) costs $55, but requires option "Globals On" to be set, and some people reported weird problems with it. I do not know if CodeSecure might have (or have not) similar issues because of similar architecture. PS. Anyway, I am welcome to the creative ideas. > Greetings everyone, > We have just launched a new product called codeSECURE and would like > you to > check it out. > > codeSECURE is a PHP obfuscator. > > Basically codeSecure is a small collection of scripts to "obfuscate" or > "garble up" php code so that PHP developers can protect their > intellectual > property, distribute "locked" php scripts, time expiring scripts etc. > > While making it nearly impossible for a human to understand or read > your > code/scripts, they will cause no problem for the computer to decipher > and > run. > > E.g. > > $a="Hello world"; > > will become something like > > $23sfaAST3s="v4Mèåwuz™24fz{(2{•w"; > ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site ********************************************* -- 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
