| Posted by Adam Hallett, 12-24-2007, 10:53 PM | | I want to restrict access to particular files. These are large 200 megabyte+ files. Therefore these two approaches are impractical:
1) redirecting to the files (I don't want others viewing them or hotlinking to them)
2) buffering the files with php (kill the webserver in a matter of minutes)
Suggestions?
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| Posted by Barti1987, 12-24-2007, 11:17 PM | | Limit access to 1 IP per user using http mod.
Peace,
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| Posted by Adam Hallett, 12-24-2007, 11:26 PM | | That would not prevent users from downloading content that I had not approved.
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| Posted by Barti1987, 12-24-2007, 11:34 PM | | Use htaccess file user system (more like password protected directories).
Peace,
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| Posted by Adam Hallett, 12-25-2007, 12:06 AM | | How would I allow a specific IP to access a file with htaccess?
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| Posted by Adam-AEC, 12-25-2007, 11:37 AM | | You will most likely want to look into using X-Sendfile. Put the files behind some sort of auth scheme (PHP or BASIC AUTH), and then just send the X-Sendfile header along to your server (Apache/Lighttpd).
mod_xsendfile documentation (and example!) is here:
http://tn123.ath.cx/mod_xsendfile/
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| Posted by Adam Hallett, 12-28-2007, 04:16 PM | | Is there a way to implement that in PHP without the mod?
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| Posted by Adam Hallett, 12-28-2007, 04:26 PM | | http://blog.thinkphp.de/archives/136...very-easy.html
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| Posted by Aaron700, 12-28-2007, 07:59 PM | | you chould chmod it using your ftp,
right click on the folder where these files are and click properties, then it will say : and make it look like : and that should work
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| Posted by foobic, 12-29-2007, 12:44 AM | | Keep the actual files in a location that's not web-accessible and use temporary symlinks to permit downloads.
ie. When an authenticated / authorized person clicks the download link, run a PHP script that:
1. creates a new symlink in a web-accessible location with a long, random name.
2. redirects the visitor to that new "file".
Then at intervals, delete old symlinks to prevent hotlinking / sharing.
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