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

date posted 1st December 2003 23:00

which bit of "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."
did you fail to understand?

i'm aware theres limitations, and as long as the client understands this
and is willing to take the risk, then fine - their decision.

btw, using the is far, far, far worse.
you can do view source, which joe public does at least have an
understanding of.

Nick Grimshaw wrote:

>David Eckersall:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>OK, but you can achieve about the same level of security with:
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>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.
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>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.
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>- Nick Grimshaw
>{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }
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