Hi again In one application of mine - a sort of "Private Messenger" for an Intranet - I use the standalone upload feature for links, images and Flash: that's because I don't want the users to browse for files that were uploaded by other users
But here comes the trick: let's suppose one user to upload a file named "Document.doc"... let's suppose that a file with this name yet exists, so the uploaded file will be renamed to "Document(1).doc" and the user will get an alert about the rename
Let's also suppose that this user is a kind of ba***rd [:D]: moved by curiosity, he'll download and save the (maybe private) original "Document.doc" file, because now he knows that a file with this name exists... not good...
If you think this is not a dummy feature, maybe you can implement an automatic and more secure rename of ALL uploaded files (with an option in the editor setup to choose this feature or not): for example, the uploaded files could contain the upload Date in ISO format, something like "Document_20051113192304.doc", and it will be VERY hard for curious users to gain access to documents they shouldn't...
Just a suggestion, though... Thanks! |
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