Advice about file security

2009-06-12 Thread wowfka
Hello, Have question regarding file security. I am thinking to create e-shop where you can buy some files. Would it be secure if i create dedicated ftp server, allow access to it only from e-shop (IP). Users cant directly access ftp, i have written ftp client with php, which downloads, sends

Re: Advice about file security

2009-06-12 Thread Martin Westin
I just had a small question. Any particular reason you want to put the files on a separate server and get them via ftp? The easiest way to secure the acces to the files is (as it sounds like you are doing) to send them out through a controller/action that checks that you have purchased that

Re: Advice about file security

2009-06-12 Thread wowfka
Thank you for the response. Performance is not very important because these files will be small. Why i want dedicated FTP server?, well it creates another secure layer + hardware firewall in case somebody break http server (which is hosted by another company) and we want have all files near us.