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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 09/30/06 16:01
jack.smith.sam@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I want to put some files on a server and do not want unauthorized
> people to access it (when someone wants the file it prompts for
> password and if it was correct allow file download). What is the
> easiest way to do this?
If you can set up ftp download with password on your server, that is a
good way to go and one often used by many commercial sites. If you are
using the server of some host that does not allow you to do this, there
is another way that does not require you to do anything at the server.
That is to use an encrypted self extracting file or an encrypted zip
file. Both are .exe files that might scare some people away. My CuteZip
program from GlobalScape allows this, and most likely there are other
programs that do so. You just use the program to encrypt the directory
or file and you must also enter a password. You then upload the
generated encrypted file to the server. After someone downloads the
encrypted file, they are asked to enter a password when they double
click it. In the case of the self extracting encrypted file, it then
decrypts and generates the file or files that it contains.
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