i would love to use mod_xsendfile but i live in a shared environment which does not provide such a module. processing large files such as videos through a server-side script and sending it to the browser that way seems to be unacceptable in my case, so i am looking for a way to enable per-file authentication in such a way that is not going to consume resources much. nobody shall know what the actual path is to the file they are downloading. please suggest how to do that.
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May be interesting to read: http://ncsuwebdev.ning.com/forum/topics/has-anyone-used-xsendfile
Also this might help too: http://teddy.fr/blog/how-serve-big-files-through-php