Security in the internet is like bagoong to mangga, B1 to B2, corruption to the government – No matter what you do, it seems like they are meant for each other.
As web developer, it is definitely one of the things that haunt a web creator on his way to sleep.
You can’t just put your codes as bare as they can be with the tides of the internet waves always smashing your website every second.
Security is paramount.
Security is critical.

Recently, I came across with this tool – HTML Power.
It’s an application that converts your HTML files into encrypted codes.
It surely is a good way to hide those security specific HTML files that you would definitely want to have others not have any access to.
Surely those peeping-tom-code-perverts could still download and your files, but they can’t definitely figure-out what’s its meaning and how can it be edited.

I’ve seen how javascript obfuscation works; you can still somehow make a sense out of it once it’s obfuscated.
But the makers of this application have made a good job in creating gobbledygook out of even a well-formed code.

This simple but powerful application is bundled with options such as:

3 modes of encryption (there’s a trade-off on this one. As you make your encryption, strong, it adds around 30% of the original file size that you have. Thus making your code load on the browser a bit slower.)
Copyright, Code password protection, Tag exclusions
Action restricting functions such as disabling of the right-click, disable source viewing, etc.
Portion specific encryption (you could specify what portion of the code you only want to encrypt)
Script block encryption (I’ve used it on javascript, but I haven’t tried it on other scripting languages such as VBScript and the likes)
Ooops!! Before you jump into the cryptography wagon, backup your files.
Because when you set it on the ‘overwrite’ mode, there is no turning back. And you definitely cannot edit your files anymore with the encryption set into place within your codes.

Still, I think that this application is not mature enough to handle complex HTML files.
I tried encrypting my Wraithstrider’s Salary Calculator with this application, and after encryption and running it, it just showed a blue screen.
But for those simple and static HTML pages, it turned out to do the trick.

The application is a freeware and you could try it for 30 days. After that, you need to register it to use it.

I just wished that the major IDE making corporations in the market today would include features such as encryption of files within their products.
The heck!! I’m using the latest Dreamweaver IDE from Adobe (Dreamweaver CS3). A lot of marketing blabbers of new features, but I think this is the one feature that they left out on the scene.
It goes the same with the Eclipse IDE that I use. No encryption of whatsoever (maybe there is an Eclipse plugin out there somewhere, but for now, the cherry is still not on the icing)
Sun NetBeans has a standard obfuscation built into its IDE though. But I still haven’t tried it. The bit sad part of it, it’s only for java codes… =( boohoo..

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