Can I use ASP to prevent users to steal my images?
I've heard elsewhere that ASP.NET has a fool-proof feature that prevents users from saving images off a web page. I am wondering if this is true. If so, can it also be used to prevent users from saving the text?
(I realize that nothing in the world could stop someone from using the Print Screen feature. I am only talking about saving individual images or entire pages through the browser's SAVE AS feature.)
Background: I've signed up someone who wants to pay me for web design work through payments that will extend over 10 months. As you all know, this person could theoretically save the pages I build, put it up elsewher, and not pay me for my work. She lives in another country and there's no way for me to enforce the contract. The pages just contain text and images and no interactivity, so running the pages would not depend on dynamic behavior that would depend on ASP running on server. But I am wondering if there is a way to use ASP or ASP.net to prevent unauthorized saving of the pages or at least the images.
I am an ASP newbie. Other than simple tasks, such as if/then statements, I usually let Dreamweaver MX 2004 write my ASP for me. DW has a ASP.net feature.
(I realize that nothing in the world could stop someone from using the Print Screen feature. I am only talking about saving individual images or entire pages through the browser's SAVE AS feature.)
Background: I've signed up someone who wants to pay me for web design work through payments that will extend over 10 months. As you all know, this person could theoretically save the pages I build, put it up elsewher, and not pay me for my work. She lives in another country and there's no way for me to enforce the contract. The pages just contain text and images and no interactivity, so running the pages would not depend on dynamic behavior that would depend on ASP running on server. But I am wondering if there is a way to use ASP or ASP.net to prevent unauthorized saving of the pages or at least the images.
I am an ASP newbie. Other than simple tasks, such as if/then statements, I usually let Dreamweaver MX 2004 write my ASP for me. DW has a ASP.net feature.
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Thanks alorentz. The article doesn't mention anything about ASP.net. Is there anything that ASP.net that can do? I recall hearing that ASP.net has strong content protection features. thanks.
Never seen, it.... basically I just disable right click. If they are literate enough to get past that with view source then so be it.
Moreover, even if you can disable the right click, there is something that you have to keep in mind:
in order for your browser to display the images on the client computer, the image has to be downloaded to that client computer--the browser can not display it otherwise. So, in effect then, once the user sees the image in the browser, it is already on the client machine for the user to find and to do whatever s/he wants to with it.
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in order for your browser to display the images on the client computer, the image has to be downloaded to that client computer--the browser can not display it otherwise. So, in effect then, once the user sees the image in the browser, it is already on the client machine for the user to find and to do whatever s/he wants to with it.
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True, as mentioned, all they have to do is select FIle --> Save As, and the can save the whole page to local.
There is no way to block the, frmo getting your files...basically "if you dont want them to get your files then don't put them on the web!
There is no way to block the, frmo getting your files...basically "if you dont want them to get your files then don't put them on the web!
my dear
u cannot stop users from saving the files into their local, since anypage that is to be viewed will first get saved in the temporary internet files folder . so i think theres no solution for ur problem.
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annamalai
u cannot stop users from saving the files into their local, since anypage that is to be viewed will first get saved in the temporary internet files folder . so i think theres no solution for ur problem.
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annamalai
No.
Sorry, once a page is in the browser every last part of the page is already on the users computer.
If an image is that important create a scaled down watermarked version of it for the users to look at.
Sorry, once a page is in the browser every last part of the page is already on the users computer.
If an image is that important create a scaled down watermarked version of it for the users to look at.
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