start with a basic login/passwd/application.cfm send them an email with a password and link to the login screen protecting the file directory. when they log in update the database to reflect that that passwd has been used. "Evan Lavidor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any thoughts as to how? We're using an IIS FTP server. I realize that there's a custom tag suite that will allow me to manage users, but I don't want to be creating and deleting NT users that fast (we get a lot of downloads). I don't know that I have the option of installing another FTP server. Thanks, Evan > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:51 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: [RE: Protecting Files Served via HTTP or FTP] > > > give them a one time passwd to access the file > > "Evan Lavidor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could, but then I'm still transporting the file over the network from > ServerB to ServerA before pushing it to the client... something > I'd like to > avoid. > > Thanks, > > Evan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:36 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Protecting Files Served via HTTP or FTP > > > > > > Why not use cfftp to connect to server B!!!! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Evan Lavidor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:29 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Protecting Files Served via HTTP or FTP > > > > Here's the situation: we have two servers. ServerA is a web server and > > CF > > server (4.5.1 SP2). ServerB is a web and FTP server (ideally, it would > > just > > be an FTP server, but bear with me here). > > > > A user browses to a web site on ServerA, can fill out a form to request > > a > > file, and are directed to a HTTP download on ServerB. The problem is > > that > > they can then simply see where the file is located and HTTP there on > > their > > own, tell their friends, etc. We'd like to prevent this. > > > > I know that I can use CFCONTENT to push files from a non web-browseable > > directory, but we'd rather not have to install CF on ServerB, and using > > ServerA to talk to ServerB via CFCONTENT and then push the file out to > > the > > user creates a bunch of extra network traffic I'd like to avoid. > > > > Ultimately, I'd love to push these files out via FTP, but I can't see a > > way > > of doing that without making it anonymous FTP (which would defeat the > > purpose) or making it non-anonymous FTP but showing the user the login > > credentials (which I definitely don't want to do). > > > > I know that companies have FTP downloads on their sites all the time - > > how > > does anyone else out there deal with this? > > > > TIA for any thoughts! > > > > Evan > > > > -- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Evan Lavidor > > Circle.com Boston > > Tel: 617-585-3107 > > Fax: 617-585-3091 > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
