Protecting Files

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 62156
interpreted = N
texte = I'm running iTools 7.3/Apache 2.0 on an Xserve. I have several PDF files on my site. To view the PDFs, each visitor needs to register first. Even after they register, I don't want them to be able to access PDFs directly by typing in the full URL - they must click a link within the site. Since the links are always visible, I can't just hide/show them based on the registration cookie. The flow is like this: 1. Visitor clicks link to PDF 2. Are they registered? a. Yes i. Show the PDF b. No i. Take them to the register page ii. Visitor completes form and clicks submit iii. Show the PDF How can this be done? Use .htaccess? Use mod_rewrite? Other solution? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  17. Re: Protecting Files ( Jesse Proudman 2005)
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  24. Re: Protecting Files ( Clint Davis 2005)
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I'm running iTools 7.3/Apache 2.0 on an Xserve. I have several PDF files on my site. To view the PDFs, each visitor needs to register first. Even after they register, I don't want them to be able to access PDFs directly by typing in the full URL - they must click a link within the site. Since the links are always visible, I can't just hide/show them based on the registration cookie. The flow is like this: 1. Visitor clicks link to PDF 2. Are they registered? a. Yes i. Show the PDF b. No i. Take them to the register page ii. Visitor completes form and clicks submit iii. Show the PDF How can this be done? Use .htaccess? Use mod_rewrite? Other solution? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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