Encrypted content

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by XandroZ, Dec 9, 2006.

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    If I encrypt my web page to prevent "visitors" from viewing and reusing my web page source code , will affect my site in search engine?
     
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  2. disgust

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    how exactly do you intend on doing that?

    you can't make it impossible, but you can make it hard. making it hard for users to understand will make it hard for search engines to understand as well-- unless you're cloaking, anyway.
     
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  3. Bali

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    Actually you can make it impossible. I have one that encrypts html with 448-bit blowfish. But the question is why would I want to do that?

    To the other question, search for "what do search engines see when they visit your site" then you can check yourself at a few stes that provide such a service. Is better than guessing.
     
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  4. disgust

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    if your content is encrypted with a one-way algorithm to stop users from stealing content, how can the browser read the content?
     
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    Nick_Mayhem Notable Member

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    And if the the browser reads the content and displays it some how then how can you protect it from the content stealers?
     
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    what is your page ?
     
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    I just doubt if your content is encrypted with a one-way algorithm to stop users from stealing content, how can the browser read the content?
     
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  8. XandroZ

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    I don't encrypted anything so no page, but I want to protect some scripts for a new project.
    Browser can read.
    I want to use Zen Guard or HTML Guard.
     
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    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum23/4120.htm

    in short...

     
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  10. Bali

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    disgust,

    good question. I saw it in person, so know that it works. What I think is how it works: They put a step inbetween the process and encrypt the html via javascript. Which ususally can be broken easily. But then they go one step further and encrypt the javascript encryption key with blowfish. That's why the browser can read it, it's just javascript. That is however unecryptable. Neat. I used it for a html page with some code on it, that was so unique that I knew all our competitors would steal it. Well they never did, I made sure of that.
     
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  11. disgust

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    that isn't possible. for the browser to be able to read the javascript that's encrypted via blowfish it'd need to be able to decrypt it.

    the closest thing you can come to for "encrypting" your content on the web is simply obscurifying it. anyone can get the code if they want to, it's just a matter of how hard they want to work to break it.

    and code that's deliberately obscured like that won't rank well on google (if at all) unless it's cloaking, etc.
     
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  12. Bali

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    I thought I addressed this. Ok, once again: it's the key that's been blown
    through the fish. So in order to get to the content you need to unblow
    the key. If you want to try that let me know, and I will set up a test
    page -- just for you.
     
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  13. disgust

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    sure, I'd like to see it :)

    bottom line is if the page can be displayed, the browser has all the neccessary information to decrypt the page. you can make it very difficult and obscure and time consuming to "decrypt" (... unobscure would be more accurate), but you can't make it impossible unless it's a page that requires user input for a key, ie login/password/etc.
     
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    you can't stop people from stealing your code....your website has to be downloaded to the temporary internet files folder on the computer in plain text...so no matter what kind of encryption and javascript is done on your server or in the browser....if I want your script I will get it as long as I can view the page with internet explorer or Firefox....PM me if anyone wants me to try.

    you can hide your scripts not html code
     
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    I wouldn't encode the site, because it's really just displaying as HTML and all... other coding don't display, so you'd technically be safe.

    Encoding's really for scripts, and that's how I do it :)
     
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  16. Bali

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    weeeell, apparently it has been a while since I used that little thing. Right now I can make the html page execute javascript code while encrypted, but display html only on my PC, not online. Still looking for the function for that, possibly I used it orignially to execute a script only.

    Ok but since it's a contest now, PMs are sent to disgust and oseymour to download, hack the html, read the message on the page and answer the question that's on it. Made me curious.
     
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  17. leftybogs

    leftybogs Banned

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    well you can just just put your codes outside the page and just link it to your
    page.. for ex. css file & other script file... unless you dont want to other to see your html codes and content of your page in your source code...
     
    leftybogs, Dec 13, 2006 IP