Re: Download question

From: Chandra Sekhar (Chandra.Shekhar_at_am.joneslanglasalle.com)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 09:40:02 -0500

My suggestion would be to binary read and render to client such that the
users will never get to see the file url.

Sekhar.

"The Clansman" <no@pls.com> wrote in message
news:ufK8ScIfEHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> thanks,
> but I'm using a hosting service, the web server is not a server that I
have
> access....
>
> is it possible to configure this at the hosting server?
>
> thanks
>
> "Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@no_spam_4_meyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:opsccmo2w475dg5d@cowboy...
> > On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 00:48:42 -0300, The Clansman <no@pls.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am developing a site for a company and this site will have files
> > > available
> > > for the customers to download, but only the customers loged in will be
> > > able
> > > to download these files and the files availables for each customer
will
> > > depend on the type of the customer.
> > >
> > > so how can I prevent a user from downloading a file by typing the full
> > > url
> > > (example, http://www.company.com/file.exe)
> > >
> > > if the user type the url of the file, I want the user to be redirected
> to
> > > the login page.
> > >
> > > **some files are larger than 50MB
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> > The easiest way is to map all of the files' extensions to the aspnet dll
> > in IIS. So go into your web app in IIS and copy the dll setting for
.aspx
> > to each of the other ones (.exe, pdf, etc.). This will cause requests
to
> > be passed thru the aspnet process (which will then just serve up the
> > file), enabling you to protect them via Forms Authentication.
> >
> > Note you'll want to test this a little, to make sure of no problems.
> > Performance impact should be minimal as well.
> >
> > --
> > Craig Deelsnyder
> > Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
>
>

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