RE: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs

2005-06-07 Thread Alistair McLeod
Hi Jeff, You'll probably have to stick the FLV somewhere protected on the server (outwith the webapp context, or under WEB-INF, for example) and write a servlet to serve them, remembering to set the mime type. Of course, people could still use the servlet to retrieve the FLV, but its less of a

RE: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs

2005-06-07 Thread Rick Bullotta
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdul Qabiz Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:57 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs Or use Flash Communication Server to achieve true streaming and the best security... -abdul -Original

Re: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs

2005-06-07 Thread Jeff Steiner
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs Hi Jeff, You'll probably have to stick the FLV somewhere protected on the server (outwith the webapp context, or under WEB-INF, for example) and write a servlet to serve them, remembering to set the mime type

Re: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs

2005-06-07 Thread Seth Voltz
Okay, this is just a random idea and I can't offer code snippets because I haven't successfully pulled it off. I have however thought about this very issue the last couple weeks for one of my own projects. My idea was to put the FLVs in a directory with a .htaccess file that passes all requests

Re: [flexcoders] Need help with protecting FLVs

2005-06-07 Thread Manish Jethani
Wouldn't it be cool if the MediaDisplay component supported some kind of authentication mechanism, at least for FLVs downloaded via HTTP? mx:MediaDisplay contentPath=http://my.com/protected.flv; username={httpUsername} password={httpPassword} / Or: mx:MediaDisplay