Protecting Files from Visitors

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Mike

I have some .swf files on the server that are viewable
when someone visits my site and clicks on the link for
one of them. My question is this: is there a way for
other people who visit my site to download these files
and use them on their site? And if so, is there a way for
me to protect these files to keep this from happening?

Thanks,

Mike
 
-----Original Message-----
I have some .swf files on the server that are viewable
when someone visits my site and clicks on the link for
one of them. My question is this: is there a way for
other people who visit my site to download these files
and use them on their site? And if so, is there a way
for me to protect these files to keep this from
happening?
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No. If people can download the files for browsing, then
can download them for other purposes as well. The Web
server can't tell the difference.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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There is no real way to stop people in the normal course of browsing from
right-clicking and saving the files. The "no right click" scripts you see around
are not fool proof.

The only thing I could think of is put them in a password protected directory -
where only authorised people will be able to access them once they give the
correct password.
 
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