Redirect to different location

  • axelsevedag2001

    (@axelsevedag2001)


    5 years ago

    Hi
    I′m trying to external to use an ftp account for storing download assets. I can create a release with hosting type and add the FTP address in the URL. The URL includes user and psw. It all works fine but when downloading the download code is not registered as used and the download is not included in the report. This means that each code can be used as many times the user wants.

    The extrnal URL looks lie this: ftp1.dicentia.se/?u=xxxx&p=xxxx&path=/xxxx

    If I change the Hosting type to Direct hosting it all works fine. I need to use an external URL to not get limited in bandwidth. The size of the download is 4 GB.

    Please advice
    /Axel

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  • miroh

    (@miroh)

    Hi Alex,
    Thanks for reporting. Thats a Bug.
    I fixed this Bug in a fork. There are some other Bugs fixed.

    In case you are not that experienced, a little hint: There will be a redirect to the external URL. A experienced user can read the URL from the redirect. So he can download the files without having an Code / publish the URL some were else… There is no simple solution to prevent this.
    Now the critical part –?Passing credentials via URL is never a good idea. He can also see the username and password. So this ftp-user should be a dedicated user with only read-access to the directory you have your downloads located in. If you’re not sure about this, I would highly recommend you to not use this technic and update your bandwidth instead or use a other service provider.
    Also please consider that the Chrome has drop FTP-support already for a wile (Details) and not all users have a dedicated ftp-client on there computer.

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