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Alan Silver
Hello,
I am writing a site where people can buy ebooks. I want to have a system
whereby they can download the file(s) once they have paid, but
(obviously) not before. I also want some sort of protection to stop
people simply posting the download link around the 'net and have every
Thomas, Richard and Harold grabbing them!
Any suggestions for this?
I was contemplating using URL rewriting to provide a temporary link that
contained the date encoded, and have it only work for (say) 24 hours
after they pay. If they want it after that, they have to ask me
manually. That should deter people who haven't paid. I'm not sure how
good a system this is though.
Bear in mind that I'm not going to drive myself mad over this. I can't
stop people simply distributing the ebooks themselves, so it's not worth
expending huge efforts on protecting the download. Having said that, I
want something that will deter petty thieves.
Any suggestions welcome. TIA
Alan
I am writing a site where people can buy ebooks. I want to have a system
whereby they can download the file(s) once they have paid, but
(obviously) not before. I also want some sort of protection to stop
people simply posting the download link around the 'net and have every
Thomas, Richard and Harold grabbing them!
Any suggestions for this?
I was contemplating using URL rewriting to provide a temporary link that
contained the date encoded, and have it only work for (say) 24 hours
after they pay. If they want it after that, they have to ask me
manually. That should deter people who haven't paid. I'm not sure how
good a system this is though.
Bear in mind that I'm not going to drive myself mad over this. I can't
stop people simply distributing the ebooks themselves, so it's not worth
expending huge efforts on protecting the download. Having said that, I
want something that will deter petty thieves.
Any suggestions welcome. TIA
Alan