Protecting contect
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:23 pm
I have a problem. I would like to put some videos on my server for downloading but I would like them to be only for paying members. I have some content thieves who have stolen from me before.
I know how to do most of this. By adding an index.html file to the directory people cannot get a file listing for the director(ies) and through some other code I can allow only paying members to seea file from there.. What I cannot see how to prevent is if someone knows the name and directory location of the file. If they call for the file directly them I see no way to stop them other than using .htaccess which means I'd have to add hundreds of people to an .htaccess file, a huge and messy undertaking. Is there and other way around this?
I know how to do most of this. By adding an index.html file to the directory people cannot get a file listing for the director(ies) and through some other code I can allow only paying members to seea file from there.. What I cannot see how to prevent is if someone knows the name and directory location of the file. If they call for the file directly them I see no way to stop them other than using .htaccess which means I'd have to add hundreds of people to an .htaccess file, a huge and messy undertaking. Is there and other way around this?