How to secure files, without active directories

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How to secure files, without active directories

Apr 3rd, 2008

My cfm application runs fine, but I have a problem securing my pdf files:
The application.cfm/login.cfm only works with .cfm files.
So if a user write the full adress (http://www.mysite.com/pdf/onlyforusers.pdf), the file will popup in the browser, - not god!
Is the a way to make the user login - before the pdf is shown.?

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Re: How to secure files, without active directories

Apr 3rd, 2008

I'm not sure if this will work, but create an application.cfm file in the pdf folder that has user authentication code. I believe that the CF processor will read this file before it sends the pdf to the user. Unfortunately, I don't currently have a CF server to test this with, so I'm kinda going by memory.

Last edited by cmhampton : Apr 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm.