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Restrict access to Directory

Thread began 9/03/2009 7:42 am by fred306789 | Last modified 9/03/2009 9:33 am by Jason Byrnes | 1395 views | 1 replies |

9/03/2009 7:42 am | #1 fred306789

Restrict access to Directory

Hi there,
I was wondering where the Information is on Restricting Access to a Directory. I am on a 2003 IIS 7 Server and would like to restrict download files (PDF). What I need to do is create a login and logout page so that users can login and download 1 or all of the "PDF" files.

Currently I have on web page that list all of the "PDF" files in a table view, do I just need to restrict that page and set a flag on the Server to only allow script access? Or, do I need to use some function in Security Assist to restrict the Directory?

Thank you in advance for your help.
Fred

9/03/2009 9:33 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

Security Assist cannot restrict access to PDF files or a directory.

You should store your PDF files in a directory that is outside of the web root so that they cannot be accessed by a URL like:
filename.pdf

You can then create your download page using Digital File pro to do the download and use SecurityAssist to restrict access to the download page.

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