Kiran, Yoav is right. The best way is to hide your files inside WEB-INF. You are contradicting yourself by saying you don't want people to access the images thru URL, but then you want to access those images yourself thru URL. You are not making sense and it is very bad design architecture.
I am guessing your intention is to maintain the images, is that right? If true, you can always set yourself up as the admin to the server, then access it thru VPN, FTP, or some sort of remote access. Futhermore, you can always set up an administration module to your application for maintenance purpose, which is the preferred way. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:29 PM Subject: RE: Image Viewing Howdy, You asked how to block the user from seeing the images by putting the address in the browser. I told you one possible way, e.g. by putting them under WEB-INF. You can still access them from your servlets and JSPs from this location, but users can't. What part is unclear? Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Kiran Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:28 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Image Viewing > >Thank you for the replay and your help. If I move the images under WEB-INF >folder, I can't access the images from the application through the >internet. The images can only be viewed if you login and start the >application not by typing the url. For security purpose. Please help me >if anybody know how to do that. Thank you. > >Kiran Patel > >Howdy, >Put the images directory under the WEB-INF directory and change your >servlet accordingly. > >Yoav Shapira >Millennium ChemInformatics > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kiran Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:53 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Image Viewing >> >>I am using jsp and tomcat 4.1 for my web application. My application= > >is >>viewing image which is in the webapps/image folder. This image can >also be >>viewed from the internet by just typing the url. I want to block thi= >s >>since these are the confidential images. Does anybody know how to do= > >that. >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Kiran Patel This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
