Re: I need help posting copyrighted content!

From: David Berry (dberry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:55:52 -0400

If the links are to pages on the school's site then there's nothing you can
do until they fix their security. If you save them to your site you can put
them in a sub web and make that password protected (Tools, Security,
Permissions). Note, your ISP may have to set this up for you 

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"Garibaldo" <garibaldo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:765fc8be.0408261844.538a56cc@posting.google.com...
> Hi, I'm trying to make a class webpage for my school. The school
> website has a series of audio files that associate with our lectures
> that are accessible when users type in their user\pass in a login
> prompt. I want to link to these files and allow students to access
> them without having to navigate through the school's complicated web
> system. However, when I login to the school's system and copy the URL
> from the properties of each link to my webpage, it allows me to
> download these files off my webpage WITHOUT being prompted for a
> user\pass. I tried deleting cookies, etc, but it still doesn't prompt
> for a user\pass. Obviously this is a security flaw in their system
> that allows users to simply copy the URL and access protected content
> on their site without being prompted for a user\pass. I'd like a
> user\pass prompt to appear when users click on my URL links. They
> cannot access the content directly because there are some legal
> restrictions to doing that. Anyone have any idea what I need to do
> now?
>
> The basic URL layout is like this:
>
> http://xx.schoolwebsitename.edu/20+ random
> digits/courses/1/audiorecordings/audiofilename.wma
>
> How the hell do I make it prompt me for a user\pass to access this
> content between our sites?
>
> I would appreciate ANY help!
> Thanks!
>
> Robin H.

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