[Xitami] a bit off topic

Johannes Prost xitami@lists.xitami.org
Tue, 25 May 2004 08:36:36 -0600


Am 25 May 2004 um 12:00 hat Marc Doigny geschrieben:

> 
> > >
> >here the links
> >a:  http://www.aerotags.com/products/tlp.php
> >b:  http://www.moonlight-software.com/webcrypt.htm
> >c:  http://www.designerwiz.com/ants/product.htm
> 
> 
> This is not encryption, but encoding (like FM-encoding music and speach: 
> you can't hear anything more, but a simple radio will do the decoding for 
> you). And BTW, your pages will grow some 50% in size.
> 
Correct, noticed that allready

> The resulting page (source) looks very undecypherable, but as more and more 
> pages will be encoded, you will find more decoders available on the net. 
> Back to zero again.
> Did a search on google and the first link is already a hit:
> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=256227
> 
> It will prevent users with basic skills from stealing from your site, but 
> it's not a problem for a die-hard cracker.

What it comes down to is the idea to prevent the easy "right click and save" option for the basic 
user. 
> Since it relies on javascript (again), some people with javascript disable 
> will not see anything.
> And there are so much variations in javascript, that a page that works in 
> IE will fail in mozilla, or Opera, or ...
> 
I personally "hate" javascript to enable, so I guess NOT an option.
Will have to think of another way.

> The only "real" protection, is some encryption (and for the key, you must 
> connect to a protected site). All secure sites (banking, pay-per-view, 
> adult, ...) uses some sort of server-validation
> 
> The only interesting thing about b is the graphic splicer.
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Johannes