look at <cfcontent> You can place files outside of your web root and push them to the client via cfcontent.
Doug >-----Original Message----- >From: Griffin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:11 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: WOT: Securing word docs, excel, etc in a web app > > >Hi, >This is off topic, but I am sure many of you have had to deal with >issues such as these in the past. > >I have been living in a bubble for the past 3 years and have developped >many web apps in CF, ASP and JSP on secure networks with no Internet >connection. For the first time, I am building an Internet based web app >in CF. Creating the members only portion with user >authentication and so >on is no problem. > >However, the site's main focus is to share research data among members. >Most members want to upload MS Word docs, MS Excel docs and PDFs. The >site will be hosted at an ISP, so using IIS or NT security is not an >option. > >So here is my dilema, once I have uploaded documents that I only want >members to access, how can I achieve something better than "security >through obscurity" and prevent people from stumbling on the docs by >guessing or as the result of a search engine search? Same question for >images. There will be images in .jpg and .gif format which are destined >for members eyes only. > >Any recommendations appreciated. > >Grif > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
