I'm writing a web application where some media files can't be allowed to be accessed by the public. I, for example, have some QuickTime movies which has to be protected one way or another. The best way to do this must be to require the user to verify with normal HTTP security. Am I right this far?
Then, to protect the resource but to control the access permission I could grant access to that specific resource through a servlet which gets a RequestDispatcher to the specific resoure (in my case a movie) and then verifies with the correct username and password with HTTP. So, my question is if I with a servlet can access resources that require login over HTTP and which API I should use. And, of course, if this is the best way to protect different resources that resides on a web server and grant access through a servlet. Thanks! Markus Kirsten ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
