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| From | Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: Nested PHP |
| Date | 2014-02-12 06:33 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ldfm5j$6b1$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <1lgwq7y.jymlqga8y81gN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <lddehu$ub2$1@dont-email.me> <1lgwtd7.1jbgpsv1euy0gnN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <lddird$qnq$1@dont-email.me> <1lgy9ch.qrnf631cpnpvkN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
On 2/12/2014 5:13 AM, Adrian Tuddenham wrote: > Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote: > >> On 2/11/2014 10:31 AM, Adrian Tuddenham wrote: >>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2/11/2014 9:31 AM, Adrian Tuddenham wrote: >>>>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>>>> My main question here would be - what are you trying to accomplish by >>>>>> having files encrypted on your server. Since the decryption code is >>>>>> right in plain sight, encrypting the files adds no security. If they >>>>>> can get to your raw files, they can get to your decryption code. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not trying to produce a high-security system, just something which >>>>> deters the casual user from downloading PDFs that members of the group >>>>> have paid their membership fee to receive. I doubt if anyone wants to >>>>> go to all the trouble of decrypting a PDF file in order to avoid paying >>>>> £7.50 >>>>> >>>> >>>> First of all, you don't need to go to all the trouble of encrypting a >>>> pdf to make it unavailable to the casual user. Just place the file >>>> outside of your document_root hierarchy and download it with PHP. >>> >>> I have no access to the server outside my own directory. >>> >> >> Then I would suggest you change hosting companies. Any decent hosting >> company will give you access to one level below your web root directory. >> I wouldn't host with one which does not. > > I may have unintentionally misled you because of my ignorance of server > terminology. I might be able to do what you suggest, but I have no idea > how to do it. I presume that raises questions outside the the scope of > a php newsgroup and is something I should folow up separately. > > Yes, it's out of the range of this newsgroup. However, it's an important feature any time you need to control access to files. And yes, there are some companies out there which don't allow access outside of the document root. I would not host with any of these companies. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle jstucklex@attglobal.net ==================
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Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-10 20:24 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-10 15:56 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-10 21:44 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-10 16:51 -0500
Re: Nested PHP "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-02-11 08:14 -0600
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 09:27 -0500
Re: Nested PHP "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-02-11 18:41 -0600
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 20:03 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-12 10:13 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-12 10:33 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-12 06:30 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-12 12:52 +0000
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-12 13:11 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 06:55 +0000
Re: Nested PHP "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-02-13 12:02 -0600
Re: Nested PHP Stefan+Usenet@Froehlich.Priv.at (Stefan Froehlich) - 2014-02-12 12:14 +0000
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-10 22:09 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-10 23:23 +0100
Re: Nested PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-10 22:27 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:30 +1100
Re: Nested PHP Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 23:06 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-10 20:46 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 10:11 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-11 11:17 +0000
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 12:01 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-11 12:45 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-11 13:55 +0100
Re: Nested PHP Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 13:29 +0000
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 14:31 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 17:24 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 08:15 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 14:31 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 10:10 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 15:31 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 11:24 -0500
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-12 10:13 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-12 06:33 -0500
Re: Nested PHP Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-02-11 15:26 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-02-11 14:41 +0000
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-02-11 15:31 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-02-11 15:53 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-11 11:26 -0500
Re: Nested PHP bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-02-11 07:12 -0500
Re: Nested PHP richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-02-12 09:33 -0500
Re: Nested PHP Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 06:47 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2014-02-13 05:01 -0800
Re: Nested PHP Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> - 2014-02-14 07:19 -0800
Re: Nested PHP Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2014-02-14 10:43 -0800
Re: Nested PHP Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-03-02 15:54 +0100
Re: Nested PHP adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Adrian Tuddenham) - 2014-03-02 18:10 +0000
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-03 11:38 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-03-17 15:26 +0100
Re: Nested PHP Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-03-17 10:52 -0400
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-17 15:33 +0000
Re: Nested PHP "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-03-17 17:10 -0500
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-17 23:01 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-03-18 00:31 +0100
Re: Nested PHP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-18 13:10 +0000
Re: Nested PHP Gabe <usenet@moojuice.net> - 2014-03-17 15:18 +0000
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