What is the most defensive way of blocking someone from viewing source code? I know people can still get to it -- but hopefully those of a lesser tech people cannot get to it?
It's .htaccess -- right?
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What kind of source code: HTML/CSS/JavaScript or a server side script (PHP/Perl/Python/Ruby)? – PleaseStand Nov 27 '10 at 06:10
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Can't answer the question unless you tell us what kind of code you're trying to hide from who. And .htaccess is unlikely the answer. – pbreitenbach Nov 27 '10 at 06:33
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I don't think it's .htaccess, you can use that to block access to your files all together.
- A very simple, maybe not so very effective way is to add a lot of blank lines at the top of your html file.
- Further you can obfuscate javascript (1) or minify (2) it (here to reverse (3))
- Blocking the right mouse click (4) with javascript
- If it's php source code you want to protect while still be able to distribute your source, you can try something like Zend Guard (5)
1: How can I obfuscate (protect) JavaScript?
2: http://www.minifyjavascript.com/
3: Tool to reverse Javascript minify?
