To be honest you might want to have a standard ftp download but need an
unlock code for the program, which is emailed to the purchaser.
If this is not possible you could zip up a presentation using a password in
an inaccessible directory, move the zip file to an accessible directory,
then provide access via a emailed link and password.
> ----------
> From: Dick Applebaum[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 October 2000 18:43
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Shopping Cart For distributing Software online
>
> My CF Host has a cart with this capability:
>
> http://www.onviasites.com
>
> However, this cart (similar to most) provides an ftp address to
> download online.
>
> There is no protection against someone publishing the ftp address.
>
> If you want better protection I would suggest the following:
>
> 1) do not publish a ftp address
>
> 2) after cc authorization, perform the download from the CF program
> using CFCONTENT.
>
> Another alternative is sending the file as an attachment to an email
> (if it is small enough).
>
> 3) If you cannot use CFCONTENT (not available on some hosts) you can
> approximate this by copying the file to a special directory that you
> delete after say 4 hours.
>
> HTH
>
> Dick
>
> At 10:58 AM -0400 10/3/00, Kevin Langevin wrote:
> >Has anyone built a shopping cart for purposes of distributing software
> >online? I've a client that wants to allow members to purchase online
> >presentations which will be downloadable. Any suggestions would be
> >helpful...
> >
> ><CFUG-SFL Manager>
> >-Kev
> ></CFUG-SFL Manager>
> >
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