You can store the protected files outside the root directory and use CF to serve up the files is what I've done.. The cfm file that serves up the protected files is locked down with a login. Pretty easy to do too!
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Bryan Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Call it what you like.....it made perfect sense for this particular > system and saved the client 10s of thousands of dollars translating and > making a French version of every page. > > It was a great way to circumvent the dual official language issues by > making all this an extranet. When a login is required and less that 5 % > of the users want French....no need to translate ;-) > > So again....I put it forward as an option because it does work. In fact > this solution has been up and running flawlessly for about 6+ years > > Perhaps you mentioned a better solution earlier in the thread, if not > I'd love to hear what you have to say Russ. > > Cheers > > > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 17:09 +0000, Russ Michaels wrote: > >> setting everything to run through CF would be a very cludgey solution. >> Rather like using a JCB as a shoehorn. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Bryan Stevenson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 16:32 +0000, Russ Michaels wrote: >> > >> > > don't forget, CF only secures CF, if you have PDF, HTML or other types of >> > > pages, a CF login will not do anything to stop access to these as they do >> > > not involve CF, >> > >> > >> > True, but the web server can be configured to have other file types run >> > through CF. >> > >> > For example we have a client site that secures a load of PDF and HTML >> > files via CF using this method. >> > >> > I missed the rest of this thread, so apologies if I've missed a key >> > details.....just had some potentially useful input....so I inputted ;-) >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > Notice: >> > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain >> > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended >> > only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized >> > otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please >> > notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this >> > message and attachments. >> > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
