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Subject: [Leica] OT web site question
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:38:34 -0600
References: <048F60C4-C74F-4856-90B4-068BD6326CE2@gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9B0BCC875@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <23804807-876B-492A-9A80-0C00060DA6B9@gmail.com> <B060602D-618D-43D3-ACF0-D6712F4318C3@frozenlight.eu> <CAFfkXxsawcxoaaD_AtgL=xRRCq67h-BToAcx5hP9i1JEjekpeA@mail.gmail.com> <00DF649A-7283-474F-AB4A-A73D2DA04B67@gmail.com>

In the academic library world, we use a product called ezproxy.  It
requires a server, and we load it with our patron list, and it allows only
the people who have the right password to get past the gate.  The
configuration file tells the server just what can be done with the contents
of the databases.

There are other middleware or proxy servers available.



On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Steve Barbour
>
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, and on a PC you can print screen.  I'm wondering what the big deal is
> about all this security is.  If you don't tell the world what the url is,
> the world will never know.  We see that all the time here when someone
> makes a typing error.
>
> It will be found and disseminated anyway eventually
>
> the combination of inviting 50 persons to share a secure site, and
> blocking everyone else creates  a rather complex conundrum
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
> >wrote:
>
> > Smugmug allows you to block right-click. But if you allow somebody to
> post
> > to the site, then you are by definition giving them a level of access
> that
> > will also allow them to turn off the right-click protection.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Feb 15, 2013, at 10:33 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> When you say cannot 'download photos', will they be able to see them?
> > If so, no easy way to stop downloads....
> >>
> >>
> >> can one block right click options, if so how?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> john
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>
> >>>> We are searching for a secure web site to be used by a class of 50
> > that will
> >>>> post their photos.
> >>>> We wish it to have security so that others while they cannot post or
> >>>> download, may or may not be able to see the images.
> >>>> The members of the class should be able to post, but not download
> > photos
> >>>> of others, or e-mail photos of others out of the web site.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you have any suggestions?
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>
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>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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