Security Question

[Robert Suffecool]

Hi everyone,

I would like to restrict access to certain PDF files on my webserver.
How can they be protected if they are in a "public" directory? For example,
lets assume you have your html and asp pages for http://www.xyz.com saved on
the server's hdd @ c:\xyz.com\htdocs. If you place thefile.pdf in that
directory, then all the "unauthorized" person would need to know is the pdf
file url, i.e., http://www.xyz.com/thefile.pdf.

Assume I place the pdf file in the following directory on the server...
c:\xyz.com\pdfs. Is there a way in ASP that I can allow certain visitors to
view that file? Remember, the asp file would be located on at
c:\xyz.com\htdocs.

Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Oh, by
the way... the server is IIS5 running on Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

God Bless,

Robert

 

[Bullschmidt]

If your Web host allows it I'd suggest password protecting the folder
that contains the .pdf files.

Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
http://www.Bullschmidt.com
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