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irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q1595
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BJ on April 01, 2002 at 21:13:23:
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In reply to the question about disabling the View -> Source option: DONT. As soon as you start restricting options for users, that automatically creates the curiousity of "Why?". When someone wants to view your source, they will. There is ALWAYS a way. They can save the website to disk, and open it with a html viewer, or on a mac use the command-U option. With all the websites out there (sorry, but its true) I am 99.9% positive that there is someone out there with a better site than you. No one wants to steal your source. Im not saying you suck or anything. Being a webdesigner myself, I know how much time and effort goes into all this. If there is someone who goes to one of my sites after I have spent hours upon hours designing it, then steals my source, good for them. If nothing else, you can look at it this way: At least indirectly, looking at my source, and making the appropriate changes, they are _learning_ something. That makes them less likely to come back and steal more, because they at least have that basic knowledge.
If you really _MUST_ have your source hidden, there are several good javascripts out there. However, to anyone with basic knowledge, Javascripts for security present no problem.
Im running on now. The point: If you hide your source, people will only be more likely to try harder, and possibly end up hacking your site. Dont hide your poorly developed code. Show it off! peace.
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