Re: I need help posting copyrighted content!

From: Garibaldo (garibaldo_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 02:10:27 -0700

Do you have any idea what the security issue might be on the school's
server that allows this to happen?

"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message news:<e9PwhF#iEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
> You would have to create login application on your site prior to users having access to the links.
> The best approach is to get the school to restrict access to the individual files, then by clicking
> a link from your site (or any other site) would require the user to have a login that has been
> provided by the school to access.
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> "Garibaldo" <garibaldo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > 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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