Re: Problem with PDF files

[Marko Friedemann]

Jonathan Dixon wrote:
This declares *.pdf files as being ASP files.  Apache::ASP is
trying to interpret them directly!
What you want to do cannot be accomplished with this mechanism.
Try looking at the various Apache modules.
I understand that this forces the PDF files to be handled through
Apache::ASP. But shouldn't the Script_OnStart section in the
global.asa file short-circuit the processing of the file itself and
send it out as a straight binary file?  This is what seems to happen
for the Word files in the directory that are treated the same way.
Do you (or anyone else) have suggestions for modules to look at that
can check for a valid ASP session before allowing access to files on
the server?
I would attempt this a bit differently. Instead of referencing the file 
directly and inject the code voodoo-like, how about you use a dedicated 
download script, hide it behind a plain name of download with the 
handler settings and then use $PATHINFO to get to the requested file, 
which can then be located elsewhere, too.

This is how this would look for the user:
 http://foo.bar/download/file.ext
where download is the name for your download script which then gets 
"file.ext" (or "/file.ext", I am unsure right now) as $PATHINFO which 
you can then use to retrieve the file from the real location to which 
you can apply more restrictive access rights, too, as additional benefit.

regards,
Marko
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