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1. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 15, 2008 12:29 PM (in response to pbsum83)> I have a PDF file for download on my site, and I'd like to set it up so
> you
> have to enter a password (same password for all users) before downloading.
> What's the easiest & best way to do this?
Easiest would be to put the PDF in a folder on your site, then ask the site
host to password protect it on the server for you.
-Darrel
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2. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 15, 2008 1:24 PM (in response to pbsum83)
And if that is not possible, or if you prefer a login box that is
friendlier and fits into your page layout, AND if your security needs
not as rigorous as a server-side solution would allow, then you can also
check out http://valleywebdesigns.com/vwd_passprotect6.asp
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3. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 15, 2008 1:42 PM (in response to pbsum83)> And if that is not possible, or if you prefer a login box that is
> friendlier and fits into your page layout, AND if your security needs not
> as rigorous as a server-side solution would allow, then you can also check
> out http://valleywebdesigns.com/vwd_passprotect6.asp
For what it is, it's quite nice, but the one issue I'd have is that the URL
to the document itself isn't protected...just the link to it from the web
site. So once someone has the link to the actual file, it can easily escape
into the wild to be indexed by a search engine (not that the document,
itself, couldn't also be released into the wile no matter the password
protection method).
-Darrel
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4. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 15, 2008 3:12 PM (in response to pbsum83)
True - if someone were to create an href link to the protected page,
then the gig is up. There's nothing like server-side protection when it
is set up and functioning properly.
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E. Michael Brandt
www.divahtml.com
www.divahtml.com/products/scripts_dreamweaver_extensions.php
Standards-compliant scripts and Dreamweaver Extensions
www.valleywebdesigns.com/vwd_Vdw.asp
JustSo PictureWindow
JustSo PhotoAlbum, et alia
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5. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 15, 2008 8:40 PM (in response to pbsum83).oO(E Michael Brandt)
>True - if someone were to create an href link to the protected page,
>then the gig is up.
It doesn't even require an explicit link. URLs may "escape" into the
wild in half a dozen different ways (e.g. published access logs, HTTP
referrers, forced browsing, ...) SEs can find almost everything in some
time, even if it's not explicitly linked somewhere.
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6. Re: Password Protect a File
Newsgroup_User Oct 16, 2008 4:24 AM (in response to pbsum83)
> It doesn't even require an explicit link. URLs may "escape" into the
> wild in half a dozen different ways (e.g. published access logs, HTTP
> referrers, forced browsing, ...) SEs can find almost everything in some
> time, even if it's not explicitly linked somewhere.
This has been stated here many times, however experience has not
supported it. In the years that PP6 has been used, not once have I
heard that a breach has occurred. That's not to say it can't, or that
it has not actually happened unbeknownst to the site owner or developer,
but certainly I've never heard that it has.
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E. Michael Brandt
www.divahtml.com
www.divahtml.com/products/scripts_dreamweaver_extensions.php
Standards-compliant scripts and Dreamweaver Extensions
www.valleywebdesigns.com/vwd_Vdw.asp
JustSo PictureWindow
JustSo PhotoAlbum, et alia
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