Rails - Jun 2006 - securing a file

Hi,
I want to allow the downloading of specific file only to authorized 
user,
lets say an MPEG.

where do I start? ;-)

Thx,
Dor.

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I don''t know how far back you want to start, but I''ve done a
Wordpress
plugin in PHP that does something like this:

http://www.almosteffortless.com/wordpress/secure-files/

The basic idea is that you have to store the file above the web root, and
then use your code to access it - instead of just linking to it.

So, you''re going to have to figure out how to save files above or
outside of
the web root, then how to check that a user is logged in
(acts_as_authenticated?), and then how send those files to the user
(that''s
the readfile function in PHP).

That''s the best I can do.

- Trevor
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Dor Kalev wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to allow the downloading of specific file only to authorized 
> user,
> lets say an MPEG.
> 
> where do I start? ;-)
> 
> Thx,
> Dor.
If you are using lighttpd check out mod_secdownload module, I use it few 
places and works like charm.

Gokhan
www.sylow.net

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