I do believe this is probably my solution until a better one comes along. I agree about the hacker problem, but I am also wary about my own users (I have no reason. I just am thinking ahead). Most breaches are from the inside and the outside.
thanks -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:25 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: view protected pdf > I will probably use the suggestion for the cfcontent and move the files > off web root. This still leaves them on the server unprotected by other > means (can't have that). Define "unprotected". If they are outside of the web root, someone can't just come along and download them. Are you worried about your server being compromised by a hacker? If that happens, your problems are much bigger. You can secure and encrypt PDFs all day long, but if you are worried about a hacker accessing your server they could just look at your code to figure out how to unsecure or dencrypt the PDFs anyway. If you just want to layer security for the sake of security (nothing really wrong with that I guess), then place them outside of the web root and secure or encrypt them. Then follow Ray's advice and unsecure/decrypt them into a temporary file at the time you need to serve it to the user. > The email option does not work due to the > real-time nature of the information. Then display the password on the screen for them to use. > I am just stuck and a little frustrated. I spent $700 for a > tag that does not finish my need. I guess you will have clarify for us what your need is. I think you have all the pieces to the puzzle you need (or at least as much as you're going to get), but I think we might have a disconnect with what it is you are really looking to accomplish. ~Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
