Played trivial pursuit with the kids today, it came up, I got the answer! On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:05 PM, C. Mundi <[email protected]> wrote:
> @deitcher: yeah. That's where I'm headed now. I really messed myself up > looking for something complicated when all I needed was to send a file. > BTW...Dylan is always a good example. :) > On Feb 18, 2012 10:04 AM, "deitch" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > -- > 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
