# Protecting files from download

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-files-from-download/176323>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-files-from-download/176323 "2006-01-22T22:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![morse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@morse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/morse)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-files-from-download/176323/1 "2006-01-22T22:36:58Z")

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Anybody know how to protect files (like, say, a .zip) from download, except when linked straight to it from a certain page?

Know what I mean?