I want to underscore the following: submitting an inode num to the server is not the only requirement to download a file

There is already a whole method of identifying the user by ip, auth, session time, etc etc- it does happen in ssl. The validity of your 'pageview' is checked with every action etc.. If one were to try to view or download a file they cannot, they are pooped out.

So, first an inode is submitted. Then the inode *must* be in my valid 'files' table which does *not* record about anything but .doc, .pdf, etc like "document" files.

Second, there is a "files to users" (normalisation) table that simply establishes a relationship between a user and a file. To download a file, you must have an entry in the files to users table. If not, the app freaks the hell out, ends your session, sends a notice for the admin to view the logs.

In reply to Re^3: letting a browser client select a file to download by inode by leocharre
in thread letting a browser client select a file to download by inode by leocharre

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