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Restricting Access to Images

Is it possible to hide jpgs?

         

wistfulscott

5:27 pm on Mar 18, 2003 (gmt 0)



I apologize in advance for a dumb, naive question... but I have a folder that contains several thousand JPG images. This folder is not password-protected because non-members are permitted to upload to this folder as well as to view and delete what they have uploaded. Otherwise, only members are permitted access to the asp pages that display these images. (All the asp pages sit in a password-protected folder.) However, resourceful people can easily click on properties to locate the URLs for where the images reside. If they pass along these URLs, anyone in the world can view them. Does someone know of a way to prohibit access to the jpgs in this manner? (My site is on a Windows 2000 server, so IIS or ASP solutions would be best.)

oilman

5:38 pm on Mar 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I would move all the pics and the pages that display them to one particular folder and the password protect that whole folder. That would probably be the easiest way to do it. Sorry, I don't know exactly how to protect a folder on IIS tho.

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