Re: Send PDF to Browser

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, everyone can read it if they know the path and name.  I have done a
few projects like this and I just put them in odd directories with random
100 character names.  The href looks like

<a href="/path/P62UuCwFhRx1amnsBekU......pdf>filename.pdf</a>

 Some also use PDF passwords.

If they can get to it from a directory, why can't they get to it from a CGI
program?  Just have to know the right path.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Bradley
>
> If you just store PDF's in a public directory everyone can read it and you
> have no chance
> to know when it has been read so it is very common that you serve PDF's by
> using af
> CGI program that even may have security build around it.
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Why not just store the PDF in your web path in a different directory and
> > offer a link to the PDF?  Why go through all the trouble of reading the
> PDF
> > and outputting it?
> >
> > Brad
> > www.bvstools.com