Re: Protecting Images
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50866
interpreted = N
texte = hehe - style sheet the div tag holding the img so that it has a border and Mozilla won't know what the hell to do with it :-)not really an ideal solution , but then again, not really an ideal browser :-)okay - don't start Andrew.----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Wolosky
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Protecting Images > Actually, the current Mozilla based browsers will let you see the code > AFTER all of that client-side HTML re-writing happens, in order to help you > better debug problems in your HTML/javascript code...so while this will > work for most IE surfers, those that would want to defeat a protection done > in this manner have a bunch of tools at their disposal to make it dirt > simple with no effort. > > At 12:18 PM 6/3/2003, you wrote: > >how about displaying the images using a javascript include that writes() the > >image html tags into the HTML after the HTML is rendered - that way it > >doesn't turn up in the source... or at least i don't think so. > > > >something like body.onload. hidden div tag.inner.html = img tag code. > > > >then you could get sneaky and write some hashing algorythim in JavaScript > >that messes up the names of the directories and image names so the hackers > >don't know what they originally looked like. > > > >good luck thou cause i have no friggin idea how any of this works :-) > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Clint Davis > >To: WebDNA Talk > >Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:58 AM > >Subject: Protecting Images > > > > > > > I'm running a contest on one of my sites where visitors much search > >through > > > the site and find numbered icons hidden on various pages. All the icons > >are > > > named something cryptic like AX71BX90G.gif, but a trustworthy soul has > >told > > > me that he was able to use some application to download the entire codes > > > directory where the icons are stored. > > > > > > I tried setting up a realm using WebSTAR 4.5, but each time a page > > > containing one of the icons was accessed, WebSTAR threw up an > >authentication > > > dialog box! :( > > > > > > Can WebDNA solve this problem? > > > > > > WebDNA 4.5.1 | OS9 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Clint Davis > > > Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist > > > Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com > > > 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > Howard Wolosky > ------------------------ > howard@wolosky.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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hehe - style sheet the div tag holding the img so that it has a border and Mozilla won't know what the hell to do with it :-)not really an ideal solution , but then again, not really an ideal browser :-)okay - don't start Andrew.----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Wolosky To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Protecting Images > Actually, the current Mozilla based browsers will let you see the code > AFTER all of that client-side HTML re-writing happens, in order to help you > better debug problems in your HTML/javascript code...so while this will > work for most IE surfers, those that would want to defeat a protection done > in this manner have a bunch of tools at their disposal to make it dirt > simple with no effort. > > At 12:18 PM 6/3/2003, you wrote: > >how about displaying the images using a javascript include that writes() the > >image html tags into the HTML after the HTML is rendered - that way it > >doesn't turn up in the source... or at least i don't think so. > > > >something like body.onload. hidden div tag.inner.html = img tag code. > > > >then you could get sneaky and write some hashing algorythim in JavaScript > >that messes up the names of the directories and image names so the hackers > >don't know what they originally looked like. > > > >good luck thou cause i have no friggin idea how any of this works :-) > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Clint Davis > >To: WebDNA Talk > >Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 11:58 AM > >Subject: Protecting Images > > > > > > > I'm running a contest on one of my sites where visitors much search > >through > > > the site and find numbered icons hidden on various pages. All the icons > >are > > > named something cryptic like AX71BX90G.gif, but a trustworthy soul has > >told > > > me that he was able to use some application to download the entire codes > > > directory where the icons are stored. > > > > > > I tried setting up a realm using WebSTAR 4.5, but each time a page > > > containing one of the icons was accessed, WebSTAR threw up an > >authentication > > > dialog box! :( > > > > > > Can WebDNA solve this problem? > > > > > > WebDNA 4.5.1 | OS9 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Clint Davis > > > Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist > > > Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com > > > 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > Howard Wolosky > ------------------------ > howard@wolosky.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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