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johnnygri
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
Posts: 3
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 Posted: Wed 16 Jan '08 18:32 Post subject: allow only apache access to folder |
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hi there, i have an mp3 file playing via a XSPF playlist, which contains the location of the file. i need to allow the flash movie mp3 player that plays the playlist contents, but i need to prevent direct access to the files.
from what i can gather, this means i need to allow only the localhost access to a folder, right?
So the idea is that http://www.myserver.com/audio/file.mp3 will gladly load when the request is made by the flash mp3 player, as the request is made from the localhost. Entering the URL into a browser will result in access denied, due to a request from a different IP.
I've RTFM and cannot figure this out - or maybe I'm going about it the wrong way? Here's what I've put into the vhost definition:
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<Location "/audio">
Order allow,deny
Allow from 127
</Location>
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It doesn't seem to have any effect though  I have tried changing the Order directive to read "deny,allow".
If it is helpful, this is an .htaccess file in my web root:
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Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# uncomment the following line, if you are having trouble
# getting no_script_name to work
#RewriteBase /
# we skip all files with .something
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \..+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.html$
RewriteRule .* - [L]
# we check if the .html version is here (caching)
RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# no, so we redirect to our front web controller
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
# big crash from our front web controller
ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>symfony application failed to start properly"
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Any advice would be very gratefully received, thanks.
John
Last edited by johnnygri on Wed 16 Jan '08 18:45; edited 2 times in total |
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johnnygri
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed 16 Jan '08 18:35 Post subject: |
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<edit>
Merged two posts into one. |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jan '08 21:51 Post subject: |
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quick and dirty response for now.
You need to find something other than local IP. The flash mp3 player loads on the browsers end, so the file/s is/are requested from trhe remote side.
Is there a special user agent or referer you can limit to?
check you access log. Make sure access logging is set to "combined" this will put referrers and useragents in the log. |
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johnnygri
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri 18 Jan '08 13:21 Post subject: |
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| great idea, i'll look into that, thanks v much. |
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