RE: [PHP] The secrecy of PHP code
| From: | scott [gts] | Date: | Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:40:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] The secrecy of PHP code | ||
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they are kinda safe if the webserver is the only way that
your files can be viewed.... if people can log into the
machine, they could just view the plaintext of your PHP
script.
hint: security thru obscurity is not secure.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shaker [mailto:james@vartek-corp.com]
> Subject: [PHP] The secrecy of PHP code
>
> Greetings,
>
> How safe is the code written in PHP? For instance, if I have an equation or
> some algorithm with some constants for calculations and I code them in PHP
> for use on a website are they safe from being viewed or taken?
>
> Thanks
> James
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