12CVISUALS wrote: Thanks for the info.
Downloading for the client is not the problem, the problem will be that the url to the file will be accessible if spread around (on purpose or by accident) on the web.
I will advice my client to look for other systems for this part of the project.
That is why I suggested the Acrobat Certificate Security.
The file is useless unless the user has the certificate on their system.
So anyone can have the file, but reading, printing, etc. is restricted.
You control who has the certificate.
Think of the certificate as a key.
Only users with a key can get into the document.
Note: this is not a FLEXIcontent or Joomla issue.
This is simply the way the web and browsers work.
You can obscure the download link as a very basic security measure
This is what using the FLEXIcontent
secured folder does.
Most users will not see the direct link.
But more sophisticated users can easily determine the actual URL to the file.
(it is quite humorous to me to when I can use Google to find direct links to PDF whitepapers which normally require registration to download)
You can restrict direct access to the file folder with htaccess (to prevent hot-linking).
You can move files outside of the website root and use sophisticated cgi scripts to deliver the files on demand.
But this still does not secure the document once any user has obtained the file.
The document can be uploaded anywhere, emailed, etc.
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