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Security
» File Leeching? Bandwidth Theft? Is This The Answer???
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In view of recent discussions concerning web site shutdowns due to excessive file leeching and bandwidth theft, I started looking around for a simple solution to the problem. Of special interest to me was a feature I saw on NukeScripts that required a passcode be entered before a file could be downloaded. This still allows unregistered, anonymous downloading, but also gives you some degree of control over who does the downloading. Specifically, it requires someone to actually visit your site and manually enter a passcode to get a file.
I thought this was a great idea, but unfortunately, it was being held back as a feature for the soon to be released NSN-Nuke distribution. I figured this was too important to the Nuke community at large to wait for eventual release, so I went in search of the original author. Whether or not I found him, I don't know, but I definitely found the mod.
Here is the end result:
Example of PHP-Nuke Passcode Security Feature for Downloads on Lenon.com
What do you think? Will it work? I think so!
I've been testing and tweaking it on my site for a few days with no complaints from either the users or myself. BTW, the example above is a link to the actual download mod if you want to get it from my site and try it for yourself...
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Friday, September 05, 2003 @ 9:41 AM EDT |
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