Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/?

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/?

El Forum
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10-13-2010, 03:26 AM

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
Blocking hot linking via .htaccess depends on the referrer link in the request.

Which can easily be forged, unless you only accept requests from a specific referrer, with some kind of session key that you can verify, but then it's beyond the capabilities of mod_rewrite.

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Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-12-2010, 12:15 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-12-2010, 07:02 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-12-2010, 07:11 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-12-2010, 08:16 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-12-2010, 11:22 PM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-13-2010, 03:26 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-13-2010, 04:18 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-13-2010, 06:51 AM

Where to store user content (for eg. pics) so that its more secure? Under app/ OR under public/? - by El Forum - 10-13-2010, 07:28 AM