Yeah, I would do that. However, I would not store the files that way, because what if one file (dylan.mp3) is accessible to three users? So I would do
Files: /some/private/dir/music/files/dylan.mp3 (or some other naming convention) Path: /downloads/:user/:musicfile You *cannot* get to /some/private/dir/music/files/ directly by URL, only to /downloads/:user/:musicfile, which first checks that the user is authenticated to /downloads/:user, then checks if :musicfile is allowed for user, and if it is, then fetches the file from its true path. On Feb 18, 3:57 am, Edward Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I would put them in a directory not accessible by clients, and have node > route urls with specific hashes, for each file for each user. The route > could be something like /$user/download/$hash (anything with a $ in front > of it will vary based off of user). The combination of $user and $hash > should be stored in a database so you can find out if it is valid and what > file it should be. Then send the file. > > I have never implemented something like this, but this is how I would > probably do it. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:45 PM, C. Mundi <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is obviously a solved problem. I don't want to reinvent the wheel. > > > Imagine a digital music store. I have a set of static files which I need > > to serve only to authenticated users. So the set of accessible files > > depends on the user. How do I let each user get the files she is entitled > > to and no other files? > > > Bad Idea 1: security by obscurity: hide the files behind query strings > > generated on the fly for session.user in the form of nasty looking hard to > > guess hashes. Ugly hack and vulnerable to brute force hash collision. > > Yuck! > > > Bad Idea 2: set up an instance of node-static.Server() for each > > authenticated session, specifically serving a directory created on the fly > > for that session and containing symlinks to all (and only) files for which > > session.user has privileges. The main server would redirect requests for > > files to the ad hoc static server. Kludgus maximus! > > > Good Idea: what you tell me. :) > > > -- > > Job Board:http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > >https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
