Here's a good walk-through explaining some solutions to this problem.
Basically, you create a view that streams the file to the visitor with
send_file from a protected location -- not the usual public/system
space enjoyed by a normal Paperclip install.
http://everydayrails.com/2010/07/08/authenticated-attachments-paperclip-rails.html
Walter
On Sep 27, 2010, at 5:22 AM, Sunny Ezror wrote:
I'm having the same trouble with securing my videos for my latest
app. A
simple before_filter can stop the user from accessing the page, but
once
the video streams via a web player, the user can easily steal it.
Only solution I can think of is to use amazon s3's url expiration, but
that gets overly complicated.
-sunny
http://ezror.com
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