Hi,
I'm in the process of updating a client's pulse installation—but in the new
version I noticed several files with base64_decode in them!? (the whole
index.php, not just a data-uri)
I guess you must have a good reason for that … but I couldn't come up with a
single one, would love to hear the reasoning behind this. So far, I have only
ever seen that on cracked websites, people trying to cover their tracks; never
from a proper CMS. It sure looks fishy and certainly makes understanding and
tweaking the CMS a lot more cumbersome.
It even says "Along with complete unobfuscated codebase"
But the licence (in config.php) doesn't seem to un-obfuscate the source. I mean,
it's not like this would prevent anyone from getting to the source—just makes
it more complicated for legitimate users. Any chance of removing that cruft?
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
Hi, I read the discussion you posted below, and it seems to me, that this is
just their way of distribution and that it's also somehow required by their
licence, so I'm afraid, that's just the way it is.