Google App Engine + AWS S3 file protection!

Question

Hi all,

I have an application running on GAE/J that streams video from AWS S3.

I need a solution for protecting the video from being stolen and I found that pre-signed URLs might be it (??).

How can I create pre-signed URLs from GAE/J or there's a better solution to secure the videos?

thanks

Answer 1

I need a solution for protecting the video from being stolen and I found that pre-signed URLs might be it (??).

What you're asking for is impossible. Pre-signed URLs will limit the availability of the file to a certain window of time, after which the link will stop working, but there's no way to allow someone to download something with a video player, but not store it to their computer.