Secure Static Content with FEU
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:28 pm
Is there a way to make static content, e.g. pdfs, secure using FEU?
I have used FEU and have it working properly so that users can login and reach password protected pages. When I add links to PDFs on the protected content pages and then go directly to the URL of the pdf, without logging in, I can reach the PDF, I'm assuming this is how things should work but what I want is to to be able use FEU to give users login credentials to access protected content but I also want the content (pdfs) to not be accessible via direct link in web browser, to prevent users that have been removed from the user list from using a bookmark to access content they should not have access to. I also want to prevent the pdf content from being indexed by search engines and wasn't sure if pdfs would be prevented from being indexed because they were not linked to from pages that were not protected content pages.
I was thinking I could use .htaccess and password protect a directory and then put a link to the pdf inside the password protected directory only on the protected content pages but then the user would have two enter two passwords. I was hoping there was a more elegant way to make the pdf content secure while giving access to the pdf content through the protected content pages and prevent search engine indexing. Is this possible?
I have used FEU and have it working properly so that users can login and reach password protected pages. When I add links to PDFs on the protected content pages and then go directly to the URL of the pdf, without logging in, I can reach the PDF, I'm assuming this is how things should work but what I want is to to be able use FEU to give users login credentials to access protected content but I also want the content (pdfs) to not be accessible via direct link in web browser, to prevent users that have been removed from the user list from using a bookmark to access content they should not have access to. I also want to prevent the pdf content from being indexed by search engines and wasn't sure if pdfs would be prevented from being indexed because they were not linked to from pages that were not protected content pages.
I was thinking I could use .htaccess and password protect a directory and then put a link to the pdf inside the password protected directory only on the protected content pages but then the user would have two enter two passwords. I was hoping there was a more elegant way to make the pdf content secure while giving access to the pdf content through the protected content pages and prevent search engine indexing. Is this possible?