Re: Access document through remote firewall?

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From: Mike Florio (mike_at_micro-point.com)
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:40:47 -0500

You can always filter the user by ip address, and check that with the ASP
code. If they are behind the firewall, they should have an inside LAN ip
that you can check for. Of course, this depends on how you have your
network configured...

"Dean J. Garrett" <deanj_garrett@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23HjPY1l8DHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your response. I guess the main issue is how this technique
will
> allow the requester to be authenticated with the firewall in order to
> provide access to the document.
>
>
>
> "Chris Barber" <chris@blue-canoe.co.uk.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:#fcBDbd8DHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Use an ASP link where the ASP page goes and gets the document
> (ADODB.Stream
> > or whatever) according to a querystring or form post value and then
> returns
> > it as a binary stream with appropriate http headers.
> > How you get it [the document] to the ASP page on the webserver when the
> > document is behind a firewall etc. is entirely up to you.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > "Dean J. Garrett" <deanj_garrett@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:OlbcrUd8DHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I have a site which offers documents (.doc, .pdf, etc.) for download.
The
> > user clicks on the link and is able to download the file or open it.
What
> if
> > the source location of the document is behind a firewall of a remote
> server
> > (i.e. not the server running the ASP application)? How can the link be
> > configured in such a way so that security parameters are passed to the
> > firewall to authenticate the access. This must be seamless to the user,
> i.e.
> > they mustn't know there's any authentication happening behind the
scenes.
> >
> > Any thoughts are welcome!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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