Do kids even know who Dylan is anymore? LOL! On Feb 18, 2012 11:07 AM, "Avi Deitcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- 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. 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