RE: FN-FORUM: Paid for file downloads / streaming

date posted 1st December 2003 22:42

David Eckersall:
> cloaked enough to stop the average user - simply bookmarking doesnt
> bookmark the movie, at least not in IE, moz, opera and NN on the PC, nor
> does the movies URL ever get displayed in the navigation bar.
>
> its perfectly suitable for a cheap and quick solution as long as the
> client is aware of the limitations, and those limitations are easily
> defeated by making the area protected by windows security.

OK, but you can achieve about the same level of security with:


That doesn't give you a clue in either status bar nor address bar (in all
the clients you've bothered to check), but it doesn't stop one
half-competent, determined person using wget/telnet from discovering a
*permanent link* to the video.

Also, what if you have a plugin to handle movies that plays in the browser
(e.g. Quicktime)? I'd be surprised if that didn't show you the address in
the address bar. Open the link in a new browser window? etc.

- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }