.htaccess question

[teh_spazz]

Hi all,

I have a problem here. I have a flash file on my site that loads mp3s from a link. These mp3s (legal or not, doesn't matter) I don't want to be downloaded by others. Is there a way to restrict everything, [b]but the flash filep/b] from accessing the mp3s? The mp3s are located in a folder /music/.

[noob_0001]

Yes you can put a .htaccess file in the music directory and and have it check to see if the referal is from the flash file.

If it is not redirect to root of domain or to a custom 403 page.

You just need to go to apache and see what your options are for your version of apache. You can find everything that you need at apache.

You will be using mod-rewrite?

You can also use enviromental variables and look for user agents. This way you can keep your directory from being easily indexed.

[teh_spazz]

Well after much ado I figured out some other stuff ...

Options All -Indexes


order deny,allow
deny from all
Allow from localhost

Now I assume this should work, but it doesn't. I'm trying desperately to get this to work, anyone, help?

[jwalsh]

Just reference them with actionscript, but don't store the files in a public directory like public_html on *nix systems.

You'll need some kind of server technology to do this, php, etc... but that way people cannot directly access the files.