Please don't shoot me down here but could anybody please offer me some
insight as to the pros and cons of a system like ionCube????

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Yours Sincerely
Kye

Greetings, Kye.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, November 5, 2007, 16:44:25,

> Please don't shoot me down here but could anybody please offer me some
> insight as to the pros and cons of a system like ionCube????

Same as Zend Encoder.
Google knows that.


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Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>

On Nov 6, 4:51 am, AnrDaemon <anrdae...@freemail.ru> wrote:
> Greetings, Kye.
> In reply to Your message dated Monday, November 5, 2007, 16:44:25,
>
> > Please don't shoot me down here but could anybody please offer me some
> > insight as to the pros and cons of a system like ionCube????
>
> Same as Zend Encoder.
> Google knows that.
>
> --
> Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdae...@freemail.ru>

IonCube and Zend Encoder just encrypt the code, so you can send it to
other people and it will still run on their servers, however, they
will not be able to modify it. Some encoders (there are quite a few)
allow you to set trial periods, so people will only be able to use the
software for a certain period of time.

The con is usually the price - they can be pretty pricey, especially
the Zend Encoder.

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:01:17 +0000, james wrote:

> On Nov 6, 4:51 am, AnrDaemon <anrdae...@freemail.ru> wrote:
>> Greetings, Kye.
>> In reply to Your message dated Monday, November 5, 2007, 16:44:25,
>>
>> > Please don't shoot me down here but could anybody please offer me
>> > some insight as to the pros and cons of a system like ionCube????
>>
>> Same as Zend Encoder.
>> Google knows that.
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdae...@freemail.ru>
>
> IonCube and Zend Encoder just encrypt the code, so you can send it to
> other people and it will still run on their servers, however, they will
> not be able to modify it. Some encoders (there are quite a few) allow
> you to set trial periods, so people will only be able to use the
> software for a certain period of time.
>
> The con is usually the price - they can be pretty pricey, especially the
> Zend Encoder.

Ioncube has online encoding per file, generally 50 cents US$ per file.
Ive been using it as of late to encrypt distributed scripts to ensure
they arent edited as they work in a peer to peer system.

They also have a test mode where it encrypts and expires in 8 hours which
you can use for free to test it out. IMO this is the way to go, allows
small indie developers like myself to reap the benefits of encoding
without raping my wallet.