Zend Encoder Questions

[Anon]

We are looking into a variety of encoding applications to encrypt certain parts of a software. We've looked into Obfuscator, ByteCode, Microcode, and Zend Encoder.

It's quite a hefty price to pay for an encoding application, especially since there isn't any direct competition against it.

So my question is, how secure is it. Has anyone broken down the encryption barrier? Is there any known problems with perhaps FreeBSD?

[Anon]

I can only talk about zend, because I know it, but to the other encryption products it's same, i think.

zend is a compiler and compiler are not more than an translator from one language into another language. so zend compiler translates php code in zend code, which is for you unreadable. So of course you can debug it, like any compiled code.

Your problem with FreeBSD: No idea!

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