Hmmm that is correct. Would a worm be able to index the contents of the PDF folder?
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:37:47 -0500 Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lee, this will not secure the pdfs though. A direct >request to > http://foo.com/goo/mypdf.pdf is not passed to CF. > Therefore the > application.cfm will never be fired. > > Doug > > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:26:33 -0600, Lee ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In the folder where the PDF's are stored create an >> application.cfm file. In that file do a cfif and check >>for >> the existance of a cookie with a meta redirect (To form >> page described below) if it doesn't exist. Within the >>PDF >> folder create another folder called something like >> security. Within that folder create another >> application.cfm with nothing but a comment in it. Also >> create a form and and a form action page in the security >> folder. On the form ask for a name and or password. On >>the >> action page either query a database for validation or >> hardcode the name and password to check against what the >> user entered. If they enter the correct stuff, set the >> cookie with a time limit and redirect to an index page >>in >> the PDF folder. If they enter the wrong stuff redirect >> them back to the sign in. Hope that makes sense. >> >> Lee >> >> >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:00:43 -0500 >> "Wurst, Keith D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > 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. >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199615 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
