Restrict file access from web users?
| From: | James Taylor | Date: | Mon, 11 Nov 2002 06:10:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Restrict file access from web users? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Ok, I have something like this set up:
1. User logs into site. Authenticates through a mysql table which basically
just has username/password columns. Session is set.
2. User goes through site looking for information he'd like to purchase
based on specific fields. After the gathering of information is done, a
script dumps the text into a CSV file and zips it.
3. The user then downloads the zip.
What I can't figure out though, is in step number 3 - How do I secure this?
The filenames are randomly generated, but if someone felt like saving a few
bucks, they could write a program to try and brute force the guessing of
filenames. I need to somehow have an .htaccess type system, WITHOUT
.htaccess since the usernames are all just in a standard MySQL table. Any
suggestions? Store the file in a table blob? I can't really think of
anything. Thanks for your help.