Password Hiding?

[moonsetterindustries]

Hello all! Please, tell me if I'm posting too much on here, but I just remembered a question.

Is there a way to hide the password to a puzzle from being inspect elemented?

My friend jumpscared me by immediately doing that, with no hard feelings, and I was wondering if there would be a way to hide it somehow...

It's right in the HTML and obvious if you know what to do and look for...

Thank you.

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

Don't worry, you are welcome!

I don't know how your puzzle looks like, but there are several ways. If you have php available, things are easy since you can compare the userinput serversided and don't need to debunk your password.
If not you can convert the answer and the user input with md5 and compare the result - note that this is not "secure" as it can easily be circumvented, but for a small gamy puzzle it is good enough :).

[Melooon]

convert the answer and the user input with md5

Seconding this! Store the password as encrypted text in your Javascript, then encrypt the password your visitor enters and compare it to see if it's the same as your pre-encrypted version. MD5 or Base64 or any other encode are fine! (This seems like a good guide) It won't stop a hacker, but it'll stump less experienced websters

More ideas that would help based on what I see here: https://moonsetterindustries.neocities.org/PASSWORD

• Put your Javascript in a separate file, that would make it a little harder to find
• Give your variables more obscure names instead of "password" 

[Memory]

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[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

I'd like to add that, theoretically, it would be possible to store data crypted with some strong routine (like AES) on your server and use javascript to decrypt it - this should be secure (as secure as the chosen password is, actually), but I can't say anything about the performance of this solution.

[moonsetterindustries]

it's impossible to hide a password from a client using a client-side language like Javascript, because the client always has access to the source code. the above suggestions are great, and if you're looking to mitigate farther, you could obfuscate your code using something like this!

OH THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND WORKS PERFECTLY! THANK YOU!!!