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kathkirtt

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direct download links - "illegal download attempt" - 2007/10/10 14:48 hi all!

i'm having continuing problems with direct links to my uploaded files.

what i want is this:
- i upload a file via the joomla front end / remository upload feature
- i link to that file in a way taht it directly gets downloaded after i click that link (rather than opening a new window "thanks for downloading")

what i get is this:
- after about 24 hours that direct link stops working correctly, all i get is "illegal download attempt"

how i workaround so far:
- my links show the "thanks for downloading" page, and then start downloading

example urls:
http://aaa.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=139&func=startdown&id=140
- works
- shows "thanks for downloading" page

http://aaa.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=139&func=download&id=140&chk=88c8c5ae68077c201043d6deee1f2560&no_html=1
- works temporarily only
- starts direct download - well for a while.

what i tried so far:
- tweaked the maximum download limits per user / file / day to 10000 in the remository config
- hacked the file components/com_remository/p-classes/remositoryFile.php
as described elsewhere (google for 'SUBDATE INTERVAL 24 HOUR)

both without success.


any help from you guys wuld be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance!


my tech info:
- joomla 1.0.13
- remository 3.42
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tchernopuss

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Re:direct download links - "illegal download attem - 2007/10/13 15:55 I got Joomla 1.0.11 with Remository 3.42 and Quickdown 2.1
If i run through the files tree of Remository, download is OK. But if I use Quickdown, I receive a fine "Illegal download attempt" too. I tried to find a solution, but none came... Please help
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ignos

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Re:direct download links - "illegal download attem - 2007/10/28 13:15 Hey i have the same problem. I make a direct link from a download after 24 hours the link will be killed- message : Illegal download attempt

I change in components/com_remository/p-classes/remositoryFile.php

the SUBDATE INTERVAL 24 HOUR to more and less month; day; hour; but withouth success.

Someone any solution
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kathkirtt

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Re:direct download links - "illegal download attem - 2007/10/28 22:32 ok, what i found out so far is:
- tuning the SUBDATE property to days or even years does the contrary of what we want: it even makes the download limit duration stricter, resulting in something like "you can't download more than X files in Y years"
- the whole attempt of pointing to the direct link won't lead to success since it simply seems to be some kind of temp. link / session thing...
- /maybe/ someone can find out if it helps getting rid of the file version # in the filenames, and then linking to the actual file in the file system (presuming we're not using db for storage...)
good night,
benjamin
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ignos

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Re:direct download links - "illegal download attem - 2007/11/18 17:38 *push*

maybe someone can help??
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admin

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Re:direct download links - "illegal download attem - 2007/11/18 19:00 Remository is DESIGNED to avoid the possibility of permanent, direct download links. If you create such links, there is absolutely nothing to stop someone creating their own file repository, using YOUR files! Nobody would be aware that the files were coming from your site, except that you would be paying for the bandwidth!

Since so many people ask about this, I'll consider making it an option some time, but it is asking for piracy of your files.
Martin Brampton aka Counterpoint
http://aliro.org
http://black-sheep-research.com
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