Protect file download....

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Protect file download....

Postby jame_2d@yahoo.com » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:11 pm

Dear all friend...

if i have one file like a zip and i want them to download but must have password to download...
mean that must login by create the session first...
so how can i protect that file
i dont want some one download this file without login first...
and direct download by url without login....

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Postby richardk » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:35 pm

Don't put the file in a publicly accessible directory. Then write a simple server-side script that checks for the password/session/cookie then sends the file (or an error). If you're using PHP, look at this example of a (very simple) download script.

Edit Updated links to the download script.
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No...

Postby jame_2d@yahoo.com » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:02 am

so if the user know that path of file...
they will can download...
so please how can i protect that file...


i mean that i want you wrote the .httaccess to check that
if want to download must have session first
if not go to other ...

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Postby richardk » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:55 am

so if the user know that path of file...
they will can download...
so please how can i protect that file...

Don't put the file in a publicly accessible directory.

Or you could use <Files> and mod_access. There's no need for any mod_rewrite.

In a .htaccess file in the same directory as the file:
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<Files the-files-name.ext>
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from All
</Files>


i mean that i want you wrote the .httaccess to check that
if want to download must have session first
if not go to other ...

How can mod_rewrite check the session? I don't even think it can check cookie values. You need a download script.
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Excute me !

Postby jame_2d@yahoo.com » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:19 pm

Excute me !

i still not understand about this
could you explain me agina how to do file .zip from other one download although they know the path...

please !!! and thank

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Postby richardk » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:19 am

Not with mod_rewrite!

Put the file somewhere they can't access, outside your document root. Then create a download script that checks they are logged in and then allows them to download the file.
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Postby TeckniX » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:42 am

well you could in a way do it with mod_rewrite.
Check that a requested_uri asks for a .zip file, and forward that request to a check.php file.
The file will then check if the user is logged in if he is, then send the file, if not, then forward to the login page.

something like:
check.php?zip=http://mydomain.com/download/stuff.zip
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$zippath = $_GET['zip'];
if(empty($_SESSION['user_name'])){
  header("Location: login.php");
}
else{
header("Location: $zippath");
}
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Postby richardk » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:58 am

Not with mod_rewrite!

Ok, you can do it with mod_rewrite and a download script. The mod_rewrite is only going to do simple rewriting though, it won't do the checks.

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else{
header("Location: $zippath");
}

By redirecting to the Zip file you expose the real path and people can then directly link to the file bypassing the check.

Even if you are catching /download/stuff.zip with mod_rewrite and passing it to the checking script, you couldn't redirect to it as it would be caught by mod_rewrite again. You'd need a download script.
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Postby TeckniX » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:40 am

richardk wrote:
Not with mod_rewrite!

Ok, you can do it with mod_rewrite and a download script. The mod_rewrite is only going to do simple rewriting though, it won't do the checks.

Code: Select all
else{
header("Location: $zippath");
}

By redirecting to the Zip file you expose the real path and people can then directly link to the file bypassing the check.

Even if you are catching /download/stuff.zip with mod_rewrite and passing it to the checking script, you couldn't redirect to it as it would be caught by mod_rewrite again. You'd need a download script.


You're right, I didn't catch that the first time around, till I tried it - Thanks for the input, so with a download script it's possible :)
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