Question

[ermora]

There is a nifty feature in PHP that allows the developer to encrypt any .php file, yet the file is still executed by the server as if it were not encrypted.

This feature is very good for scripts that have sensitive routines. For example; I have a script that encrypts and decrypts a users password so that the literal password is not saved to the database.

I would like to encrypt this script (which is an ASP file, obviously) while keeping it operational on the server (IIS 6).

Is there a way to do this ?

 

[trollacious]

There's a poor script encoder that Microsoft puts out, but a quick Google search will give you sites that provide utilities to break the encryption. If it's a server-side script, no one will see the programming unless they have access to what resides on the server.

Lee

 

[ermora]

The MS Script Encoder I wouldn't use because it has been *hacked*, so that's out of the question.

I was hoping that there was a way to do this without the hassle of installing a third party program on a Win2K3 server that I don't have direct access to.

I've looked into the ASP2DLL product, but I don't think it will work - I mean, I can easily create the DLL within VB6 myself, but the problem remains; I don't have direct access to the Win2K server it would need to be registered/installed on since the website is being hosted.

Any suggestions?

 

[trollacious]

Create the page as an executable with VB6 and that should fulfill the requirements for you. CGI32.bas is a fairly commonly used interface for VB6 and CGI, and you can find things on it in Google.

Lee