FWIW: If you want to do this using plain http or (anonymous) ftp, the answer is likely to be "no". You can do so, however, if the download is under control of a CGI procedure, started by a <FORM> on a plain HTTP page (Either static of dynamically created). In this procedure, you can check the size of the file and decide to return the file, or a page stating the file is too big to download, or any other message of your choice (or just disconnect, which is, IMHO, not very polite). If you wish files to be protected agains unauthorized download, it might even be a better solution, because the files can be loaded anywhere, and you can require authentication before downloading the file.
Willem On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:34:14 +0100 Jonathan Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tuesday 31 July 2007 06:11:13 you wrote: >> Thanks for your interest. Restriction can be for a file or a total amount >> of size of the files that wants to be downloaded for a session. It is not >> important for us to be broken. The main aim of us is to restrict users to >> download all files that they can for some reason of security. It can be >> such a way that if anybody wants to download files above some quota , if >> the system can warn me about it, it is also a solution for us. Can we >> really use squid instead of Apache? I could not understand your suggestion >> for squid Best > ><direct reply originally - sorry> >Your original query was when a user connected to an Apache server. It was >never made clear if this Apache server belonged to you or if it was just a >random Apache server out there... It now seems that it's 'your' Apache server >and you wish to restrict sessions to a certain amount of data allowed to be >transferred before the session is forcibly ended? > >It seems a very odd request. What's to stop someone simply opening another >browser session? Or to run two browsers? I don't think what you're trying to >do is: >a) possible >b) providing any security benefit whatsoever > >(and probably in reverse order) > >Jon > >> >>> Jonathan Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 31.07.2007 04:09 >>> >> >> On Monday 30 July 2007 13:00:44 CETIN OVALI wrote: >> > Hello >> > When I connect to a server (that is running apache on it ) and want to >> > download a file from this server , is it possible to restrict the file >> > size or limit file size of the downloaded file that logged in for a user >> > with his own password. Is there anybody in this group have any idea >> > about this item >> > Thanks >> >> Presumably you don't administer the Apache server. If you restrict the >> allowed file size to be downloaded the file that is downloaded is broken. >> Is that what you want? Seems a weird request to me. >> >> As far as I'm aware you can't restrict a single file size for a user >> (although you can obviously use quotas). For your specific needs about >> connecting to an Apache web server you might want to consider looking at >> squid as a proxy cache and see if it can have a maximum file size. >> http://www..squid-cache.org >> >> Jon >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
