Hi, I need to know how to make my web page with downloads to be
accesible only from one particular web page. If user saves the link to
my download page, they should not be able to open it and have acces to
downloads.

Thank you

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Request for Question Clarification by hailstorm-ga on 04 Oct 2004 00:19 PDT

moonsleeper,

Could you please let us know if your site is built with static HTML
content, or with some dynamic page rendering technology such as CGI,
PHP, or ASP?

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Clarification of Question by moonsleeper-ga on 04 Oct 2004 17:00 PDT

My site built with staic HTML and some javascript. I am looking for a
simplest way to do it. If it will be necessary, I will use more
complicated structures.

Tnank you.

If you are looking for a restricted user access to a page, then you
can create a page with PHP that accesses a database to authenticate
the user & allow him/her to download the file, else would lead to a
failure page. So this would also prevent hotlinking of the file on
your server as the location of the file wouldnt be disclosed.

If you don't need the login machanism..

then you should check if the page that line to you
are coming from an approved URL.. this is normally
call HTTP_REFERER, In ASP will be something like this :

Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")

There are only two problems with a using the HTTP_REFERER header.

1. Some people block their browsers from sending them for privacys issues.
2. It would be dead simple for users to get the correct HTTP_REFERER
using a spoofing program like QuickSpoof or the RefSpoof extension for
Mozilla and Firefox.

At the current time what you want to be done isn't effective.