[TriLUG] OT: authenticated CD

[Jon Carnes]

The best you can do is store the data in some proprietary format and
force them to read/access all the documentation via some application
(like acrobat read).

You *could* encrypt the data on the CD and then hand out a key to folks
who authenticated, but that gets too complex for most folks to handle.

An alternative is that you make folks sign-in to your web-site
(authenticate) and then ship the ordinary CD to the address they
provide.

Good Luck!

On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 09:48, Daniel Monjar wrote:
> This is off topic but I thought someone in the group might have some 
> leads....
> 
> We want to create a CD of user manuals, marketing materials, and other 
> company specific stuff.  This would be distirbuted to our customer base. 
> But we need the CD  created such that the end user has to authenticate to 
> be able to use the material.  Ideally you'd fire up the CD, authenticate 
> across the Internet to one of my servers (RADIUS preferably but I don't 
> want to limit my options) and then have access to the material.  No 
> authentication/No access...
> 
> 
> Anyone every hear of such a beast?
> 
> --
> Daniel Monjar
> Manager, Technical Services
> bioMérieux, Inc.
> Durham, NC US
> 
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