RE: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Still if Joseph doesn't wont to require a login that may be affront espials a random creation of numbers, letters and punctuation. There are also abode tools that require on unlocking code generated from a registered name. a friend uses one from Armand Morin but I forget the name of it. Drawback is

Re: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread David Precious
On 08/08/2008 02:55 PM, Cheryl D Wise wrote: > Another option is to zip the pdf and put a password on the zip fits. Find > the password with the payment confirmation. That is about as easy as it > gets. Just bear in mind that cracking ZIP file passwords is rather easy. Especially if they happen

Re: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread joseph harris
From: "David Precious" On 08/08/2008 11:33 AM, joseph harris wrote: > jh writes: This is the key for me. Make it easy for payers > but impenetrable for others. Nothing is impenetrable - there's no such thing as absolute security :) ;-( Just as I was starting to feel cheerful about it..

RE: RE:[wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Another option is to zip the pdf and put a password on the zip fits. Find the password with the payment confirmation. That is about as easy as it gets. Cheryl D Wise MS MVP Expression Registration now open for Expression, CSS and FrontPage Migration Classes at: http://starttoweb.com Beginner

Re: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread David Precious
On 08/08/2008 11:33 AM, joseph harris wrote: > jh writes: This is the key for me. Make it easy for payers but > impenetrable for others. Nothing is impenetrable - there's no such thing as absolute security :) • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email

Re: RE:[wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread joseph harris
From: "Furry, Tim" ... Joseph, I don't know if this will work in your situation or not, but I've had good luck using two different methods of restricting document access. 1. Put the content in the database. Your regular PHP files can check authentication and/or authorization, and if the

Re: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-08 Thread joseph harris
From: "David Precious" joseph harris wrote: .. This is a fairly common thing to want to do, and isn't that hard to achieve. Googling for "sell digital products" will find you various pre-written solutions which may be of use to you. I'd recommend checking out osCommerce first -

RE:[wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-05 Thread Furry, Tim
Joseph wrote... I do not favour any DRM, but don't want the download page exposed or available to non-payers. I am reluctant to think HTTPS, though I know how sensible it is. But I was thinking that maybe [I am using PayPal for payments] there was a way of linking the PayPal transaction number to t

Re: [wdvltalk] secure download for ebook

2008-08-05 Thread David Precious
joseph harris wrote: I am starting at the beginning again with planning a site, and again this will be to do with selling a book, but it will also contain a lot of other material and some sort of forum or, more likely, a 'questions answered' newsletter. I do not favour any DRM, but don't want