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Posted by jack.smith.sam on 09/30/06 21:34
Thanks all for your help,
I used .htaccess and it worked for me.
cwdjrxyz wrote:
> richard wrote:
> > "cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap2@cwdjr.info> wrote in message
> > news:1159632079.856025.112910@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Nice idea but encrypting a file one wants to download is useless. As
> > somewhere on the site the password would have to be posted for that file.
> > I've downloaded some zip files that popped up with the password dialog.
> > Pressed esc or hit the x and I opened the file.
>
> The password is not on the site. The password is entered only after the
> encrypted file is downloaded. The persons that need such files are
> given the password by email, phone, or whatever. See if you can open
> http://www.cwdjr.net/test/twoImages.exe and tell me the names of the
> images you see. You likely can download as normal. However when you
> doubleclick to cause the self extracting file to open, you should get a
> screen that asks you to enter a password. If you have the correct
> password, the encrypted file opens and gives you a directory that
> contains images. Of course, being an exe file, I would understand why
> you might not want to try it, coming from someone you may not know.
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