http://malformed.org/2005/11/15/zend-encoder-bad-for-the-internet/ blog blog blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://malformed.org/2005/11/15/zend-encoder-bad-for-the-internet/#comment-13 dpk’s weblog » malformed.org: Zend Encoder bad for the internet Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:32:09 +0000 http://malformed.org/2005/11/15/zend-encoder-bad-for-the-internet/#comment-13 [...] Zend Encoder is bad for the internet. Just trying to spread the word. [...] [...] Zend Encoder is bad for the internet. Just trying to spread the word. [...]

]]> http://malformed.org/2005/11/15/zend-encoder-bad-for-the-internet/#comment-12 Adam Jacob Muller Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:19:53 +0000 http://malformed.org/2005/11/15/zend-encoder-bad-for-the-internet/#comment-12 I think the fact that we are unable to help with script issues is a more major issue. I have customers who contact me and say "my site is slow" and I have to tell them, well, your script is encrypted (make sure to use encrypted, not encoded lest they tell you to decode it :P) and there is nothing I can do for them. More frustrating is when I see a MySQL query that takes, say, 30 seconds to execute and is degrading preformance badly and I KNOW how to fix it but am unable to because that query is encoded in the script. And, yes, I even had one guy who insited that in order for his script to function he needed root access on the MySQL server (oh, but he told me, it will work if you just create a new global account with full privliges, it doesn't actually have to be the root account -- yeah, sure, just hang on 2 seconds). Oh well, never underestimate the stupidity of people. I think the fact that we are unable to help with script issues is a more major issue. I have customers who contact me and say “my site is slow” and I have to tell them, well, your script is encrypted (make sure to use encrypted, not encoded lest they tell you to decode it :P) and there is nothing I can do for them. More frustrating is when I see a MySQL query that takes, say, 30 seconds to execute and is degrading preformance badly and I KNOW how to fix it but am unable to because that query is encoded in the script.
And, yes, I even had one guy who insited that in order for his script to function he needed root access on the MySQL server (oh, but he told me, it will work if you just create a new global account with full privliges, it doesn’t actually have to be the root account — yeah, sure, just hang on 2 seconds).
Oh well, never underestimate the stupidity of people.

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