Hi
my web server has a directory with PDFs I want to restrict access to
they should only be accessible through my application
so, if a user goes directly to the file like this:
/www/pdfs/sample.pdf
they should be denied access
BUT from within my application, the PDF can be viewed, and within that page the PDF is embedded in HTML like this:
<embed src="../../pdfs/sample.pdf?sid=1364756883#navpanes=0&view=FitH&scrollbar=1&toolbar=1" width="100%" height="800px">
The problem is that using RewriteCond like below:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?http://mysite[NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?http://mysite.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(pdf)$ - [F]
This works ok if you directly try and access the PDF, but it ALSO blocks my embed code
Any suggestions? thanks
my web server has a directory with PDFs I want to restrict access to
they should only be accessible through my application
so, if a user goes directly to the file like this:
/www/pdfs/sample.pdf
they should be denied access
BUT from within my application, the PDF can be viewed, and within that page the PDF is embedded in HTML like this:
<embed src="../../pdfs/sample.pdf?sid=1364756883#navpanes=0&view=FitH&scrollbar=1&toolbar=1" width="100%" height="800px">
The problem is that using RewriteCond like below:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?http://mysite[NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?http://mysite.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(pdf)$ - [F]
This works ok if you directly try and access the PDF, but it ALSO blocks my embed code
Any suggestions? thanks
