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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">What stops people from stealing or
killing? Easy - nothing, except the law (and morals). <br>
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I use to work in the hosting business. What you are basically
describing amounts to "stealing trade secrets" and is prosecutable
under the Economic Espionage Act. As mater of fact it's one of
those acts that gives the U.S. Attorney General some huge,
sweeping power. Fines can be up to $500,000 for an individual and
$5,000,000 for a corporation. Having said that, when people are
hired on at a reputable hosting provider, they are made very aware
of it and even sign agreements. <br>
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So the penalties are in some cases worst than murder. That's a
pretty good protection. Mainly just stick with a reputable host. <br>
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But you are using Drupal, which is open source, meaning the source
code (minus any custom modules) is available. <br>
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There are always ways to reverse engineer code, so even
obfuscating the code isn't a real protection. <br>
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Another consideration. Drupal does come out with security
releases. Compiling the source code takes extra time and means it
will take longer to update your site. I would rather be able to
update my code quickly to protect my customers then worry about
someone taking the source code. <br>
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As far as HipHop, some people have had success and some not. It
depends on the modules and custom code you use. For research on
this, I suggest Google.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.intoxination.net">http://www.intoxination.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hollyit.net">http://www.hollyit.net</a></pre>
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<div>Thanks all for your kind responses.<br>
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I am new to web world.<br>
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I am worried for few things. Lets say I will be taking
a dedicated server say from rackspace or doster or
godady and host my site as a commercial one.<br>
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I would not doubt the companies like rackspace or godady
..., but difficult to believe admin engineers who may take
the source code and give it to somebody else for few
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How do we protect such things.., please guide me..., thats
the reason I would like to obfuscate the code or build the
exe by using hiphop or phc.<br>
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<div>Again.., not sure if it is feasible to build drupal using
hiphop or phc.., has anybody tried and running as commercial
site...<br>
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<div>Those aren't errors. They are notices. <br>
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Since the errors only occur when using PHC, then the
problem lies in PHC. I would ask on their mailing list.
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I doubt you would find much help from the Drupal
Community since obfuscating is generally frowned upon
(and even consider a violation of terms by some) by the
open source world and therefor not really used. <br>
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<div class="h5"> On 12/25/2012 5:26 AM, Austin Einter
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I compiled phc in ubuntu 10.04 lts.<br>
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Next I am trying to obfusace some php code
(which is part of a drupal based code). I
just tried obfuscating a single file using
phc. It did work.<br>
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But when I am trying to access my site, I get
bunch of below errors.<br>
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<i>Notice: Undefined variable: TSa200978216 in
doc_search_my_form() (line 475 of /var/www/<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://example.com/sites/all/modules/doc_search/doc_search.module"
target="_blank">example.com/sites/all/modules/doc_search/doc_search.module</a>).<br>
Notice: Undefined variable: TSa1454652404 in
doc_search_my_form() (line 482 of /var/www/<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://example.com/sites/all/modules/doc_search/doc_search.module"
target="_blank">example.com/sites/all/modules/doc_search/doc_search.module</a>).<br>
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Mostly these are variable undefined errors. When
the file is in normal mode (having normal php
code), it does not throw any error. When the
file is in obfuscated mode , when I access my
site I get lots of variable undefined error. Any
idea what's wrong here.<br>
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