Full Disclosure: Re: Ioncube Encoded PHP Files

[Joachim Schipper <j.schipper () math uu nl>]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:57:37PM +1100, mz4ph0d () gmail com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wondering, can anyone here speak to the level of security
> afforded by Ioncube encoded PHP files? Has anyone here broken the
> encryption or otherwise gained access to initially Ioncube encoded
> source files? Thanks!
>
> Ioncube: <http://www.ioncube.com>
Pretty much any source code encoding scheme can be defeated, given
enough work. The point is in making sure that it is too much work to do
so.

Though I wonder what the point is - it's not likely to be all that hard
to run the code on another system. The main point seems to be to prevent
administrators from making local changes, and I must admit to not seeing
a problem with people who have bought the software doing that.

                Joachim
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