Protect .css files

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Sun May 29, 2016 3:18 pm

Hello, i use we_clearblue 3.1.x, the .html files are protected but when i try the same thing in .htaccess with the .css my forum is a disaster, exist another way to protect the .css files or?

david63 · Post by **david63** » Sun May 29, 2016 3:25 pm

What does protected mean? Why do you need to "protect" any file?

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Sun May 29, 2016 3:43 pm

david63 wrote:What does protected mean? Why do you need to "protect" any file?

Protect the style
/styles/my_style/theme/common.css
For example, i want to protect this

david63 · Post by **david63** » Sun May 29, 2016 4:31 pm

Protect it from what?

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Sun May 29, 2016 5:07 pm

david63 wrote:Protect it from what?

Maybe I have some codes premium and I don't want to steal
Like here: styles/

david63 · Post by **david63** » Sun May 29, 2016 5:52 pm

Anything that is phpBB, including styles, are open source so there is nothing to steal, and in any event I cannot see many, if anyone, trying to "steal" files from a site - there are far easier ways to do it.

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Sun May 29, 2016 6:23 pm

david63 wrote:Anything that is phpBB, including styles, are open source so there is nothing to steal, and in any event I cannot see many, if anyone, trying to "steal" files from a site - there are far easier ways to do it.

No route found for "GET /styles/we_clearblue/"
With .htacces i have this, but the .css files are not protected, i want to be protected, understand?

janus_zonstraal · Post by **janus_zonstraal** » Sun May 29, 2016 9:32 pm

And how you suspect a browser can read your "protected" files ??

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Mon May 30, 2016 1:27 pm

janus_zonstraal wrote:And how you suspect a browser can read your "protected" files ??

What read dude, i need just a solution to hide or protect my .css files, the .html files are not accesible, and I want the same thing with .css

RMcGirr83 · Post by **RMcGirr83** » Mon May 30, 2016 1:36 pm

Blocking the css is fairly inefficient because of add ons like fire bug. When a user browses your forum the css is loaded into the cache of the browser and with fire bug, which I use all the time to troubleshoot, is easily available.

Arty · Post by **Arty** » Mon May 30, 2016 1:48 pm

There is nothing to "protect".

If you disable access to css files, your forum will not have any style.

CSS files are plain text files that are parsed as is, not script. It is not possible to do anything about it. You can't encrypt or obfuscate them.

Besides, nobody wants anything in your css files. Its not a complex scripting language where you can invent some cool stuff. Its a set of basic rules. You can't possibly add anything there that would be worth hiding, if hiding was possible.

HTML files in phpBB styles are different. They are not usual html files that browsers can read, they include template syntax that forms final html code. They are not meant to be readable by browser, so hiding them is fine.

Post by **stevemaury** » Mon May 30, 2016 6:17 pm

.Minato. wrote:[ the .html files are not accesible,

View page source

.Minato. · Post by **.Minato.** » Mon May 30, 2016 6:39 pm

Ok, ty, T.C

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