Question about securing videos

[egervari]

Assuming you want to stream some flv videos, what is the best way to
secure them via authentication while also embedding them in some kind
of web flash player?

[Sunny Ezror]

I'm having the same trouble with securing my videos for my latest app. A
simple before_filter can stop the user from accessing the page, but once
the video streams via a web player, the user can easily steal it.

Only solution I can think of is to use amazon s3's url expiration, but
that gets overly complicated.

-sunny
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[Walter Lee Davis]

Here's a good walk-through explaining some solutions to this problem.
Basically, you create a view that streams the file to the visitor with
send_file from a protected location -- not the usual public/system
space enjoyed by a normal Paperclip install.

http://everydayrails.com/2010/07/08/authenticated-attachments-paperclip-rails.html

Walter

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