asked and answered a few hundred times on this list ;-) -move the PDFs to a non-web accessible directory -serve them up using a CFM file containing CFCONTENT
This way they are not browsable and you can secure the CFM file using your exisiting security HTH Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wurst, Keith D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:00 PM Subject: cold fusion, pdf files and security > Hi everyone. I have a cf security question. I have a website and on that > site are some pdfs. The site is password protected. On the site I have a > pdf directory where I keep all my pdf's. I am concerned that if I > emailed someone a link http://www.mysite.com/pdf/pdfname.pdf that they > would be able to open the pdf without having to log into the site first. > Is there a way to force users to have to login before they can open a > ..pdf - and still email them a link in the format I have written above? > Thanks so much for the help. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199609 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
