RE: [PHP] Recommendation on PHP encoder please
| From: | Harry Sufehmi | Date: | Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:10:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Recommendation on PHP encoder please | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On 05/02/2004 at 11:48 Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote:
>On 05 February 2004 11:30, Harry Sufehmi wrote:
>> As you can see, the content will be secured, but the script
>> is now becoming the weak point since it'll store the
>> encryption key needed to decrypt the content.
>
>I hope you don't mean that literally. If you're really being security
>conscious, the encryption keys should be in an include file that lives
>*outside* the Web document tree.
Of course we'll do it like that.
And anyway I was talking about if the cracker has actually gained (root) access to that server
itself - which makes putting the keys outside the web directory irrelevant.
cheers, HS
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