[WebDNA] Can I do something with webdna to pass-protect an attempt to access a swf file directly?

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2009

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texte = Hi allI am now writing and installing (cookie/database-based) code to pass- protect ("parent") pages such as this one:#1)http://www.notmyrealdomain.com/dir1/dir2/Introduction.html..so that a user cannot watch a shockwave movie unless he has a valid user/pass in my webdna db.(This parent page uses javascript to automatically start to play a shockwave movie which is in that same directory)i.e. this one:#2)http://www.notmyrealdomain.com/dir1/dir2/Introduction.swfI am all set in every way, except that I do not know how to stop a user from simply entering the immediately-above path (#2) to the swf file directly, and so bypassing my user/pass protection code which is in the parent page (#1) (whose path I pasted way above).If I manage to get the shared-host server admin to put server-side (apache? .htaccess?) "realm protection" on the whole folder then the user will never even be able to reach my parent page (#1). If I move the swf file to a new directory and manage to reconfigure the javascript to work to load it at the new location, then maybe it makes sense to use apache/htaccess realm protection for that NEW folder which contains ONLY the swf file.. but then will the parent page still be able to load the swf file without the apache/htaccess user/ pass?Or do you have any suggestions how to solve this?I realize this is bordering on OT, but I'd love to solve with pure webdna if possible.thanks for any feedback,-Govinda Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] Can I do something with webdna to pass-protect an attempt to access a swf file directly? (Govinda 2009)
Re: [WebDNA] Can I do something with webdna to pass-protect an attempt to access a swf file directly? (Govinda 2009)
[WebDNA] Can I do something with webdna to pass-protect an attempt to access a swf file directly? (John Butler 2009)

Hi allI am now writing and installing (cookie/database-based) code to pass- protect ("parent") pages such as this one:#1)http://www.notmyrealdomain.com/dir1/dir2/Introduction.html..so that a user cannot watch a shockwave movie unless he has a valid user/pass in my webdna db.(This parent page uses javascript to automatically start to play a shockwave movie which is in that same directory)i.e. this one:#2)http://www.notmyrealdomain.com/dir1/dir2/Introduction.swfI am all set in every way, except that I do not know how to stop a user from simply entering the immediately-above path (#2) to the swf file directly, and so bypassing my user/pass protection code which is in the parent page (#1) (whose path I pasted way above).If I manage to get the shared-host server admin to put server-side (apache? .htaccess?) "realm protection" on the whole folder then the user will never even be able to reach my parent page (#1). If I move the swf file to a new directory and manage to reconfigure the javascript to work to load it at the new location, then maybe it makes sense to use apache/htaccess realm protection for that NEW folder which contains ONLY the swf file.. but then will the parent page still be able to load the swf file without the apache/htaccess user/ pass?Or do you have any suggestions how to solve this?I realize this is bordering on OT, but I'd love to solve with pure webdna if possible.thanks for any feedback,-Govinda John Butler

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[WebDNA] Can I do something with webdna to pass-protect an attempt to access a swf file directly?

2009

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