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Hiding HTML/SCRIPT... I think it IS possible! I have only been programming for about six months now, but I put in about 40 hours a week’s worth.  Let’s call it my new hobby.  Anyways, I remember reading posts in the past by individuals who requested a certain feature that seemed very ridiculous at the time.   They wanted to hide their code from the user!   Now, one of the first questions that popped up in my head was why on earth would someone wish to ‘hide’ their code.  After all, the internet is all about trading technologies (right?).  Anyways, every now and then I gave the subject a little more thought and I eventually came to a conclusion.   Internet Applications are the wave of the future.  They don’t need to be installed and they will work on any computer (for the most part).  So, if anyone would want their code hidden from the user, it would seem that it would be the application developer community.  I am currently working on a web application and I have been working on it for almost six months now, I certainly would be very upset if someone acquired my code, copied my product and just changed a few headings and made money off my hard work.    Anyways, back to the topic of ‘hiding’ code.  Does everyone out there still think it’s impossible?   I think it’s possible.   Actually, I believe I have found a way to do it (accidentally).  Who knows, maybe the late night programming and the double espresso’s have paid off.  I believe that I found a way to set up a site so that all the user ever sees is about 10 lines of code and that’s it.  I am not talking about disabling the right button; I am just talking about using a different style.   Who’s interested in pushing this conversation further?      Started By sparkrulez on Mar 9, 2003 at 2:10:50 AM

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MHenke on Jul 30, 2008 at 7:05:52 AM (# 4462) Dito. New job, less time. Well, at least that kind of time that puts me in the postion to practise tosh on SE to such an extent as it was back in good old days of the IT. :) sgalatis on Jul 30, 2008 at 11:57:34 AM (# 4463) Unfortunately, the latest release of Firefox + lastest build of Firebug all but kills any notion of hiding/obfuscating/encrypting JS on a page. If you look at the Script panel in firebug, every line of JS a page loads/evals is visible in plaintext...perfect for the security folk, bad for the dev who doesnt want to share his hard work with the masses. There is one technique I found that DOES hide code, but as of yet I have not seen it mentioned anywhere. Its called: java. Yes. a hidden java applet can 'inject' javascript into the browser, but it will NOT be visible to any form of web debugger. This will of course focus attention to the java applet, but for the not-so-tech-savvy out there, it will not be obvious. This is a viable way to hide any script. Only downside is the user must have a jre installed. I think flash can also do this, but I've yet to try it. The idea is simple: Using LiveConnect, you can do an eval('insert javascritpt code here') from java and the script will be loaded in the browser, but it cannot be seen from firebug,venkman,microsoft script debugger/editor,view source, whatever. You can have the java applet load code from the server (same sandbox restrictions as javascript), compile scripts as encrypted data in the class file, etc. Since java supports most crypto algorithms, shouldnt be hard to transmit scripts over the wire encrypted and have the applet decrypt/eval into the browser. This works with IE and Firefox, ive not tested with safari/opera/others... MHenke on Jul 31, 2008 at 2:48:42 AM (# 4464) You may not aware of it, sgalatis, but this thread is somewhat special. We call it the "IT", which is an acronym and has something to do with it's unboundedness. Years ago, we decided to use this place to talk for an infinite amount of time, about an infinite spectrum of crap. However, there's a single exception: Despite the title, we don't use to talk about hiding HTML/SCRIPT. ;) RobinAnn on Jul 31, 2008 at 7:39:52 AM (# 4465) ...the OFFICIAL RobinAnn Posting Style... ~ Scriptin' with RA ~ Here ye.. Here ye! A new member has joined the IT! And with this we will all rejoice at his skillful knowledge! and then laugh at his proverbial contribution!!! Sincerely, RobinAnn  webmaster/photoartist *hehee* sgalatis on Jul 31, 2008 at 9:03:34 AM (# 4466) This message has been edited. nevermind then. my apologies =) saw this on a google search, just thought I'd toss in a couple coins... on the offtopic then....anyone here play Eve? =) MHenke on Aug 1, 2008 at 2:03:41 AM (# 4467) This message has been edited. >nevermind then. my apologies =) Nevermind, indeed. And welcome to the IT, the first and only officially recognised and standardised Infinite Thread©. >anyone here play Eve? Hm, I don't know Eve. And I'm not sure what my wife would say. ;) BikeRepairman on Aug 1, 2008 at 9:47:26 PM (# 4468) This message has been edited. Eve, come out and play....

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