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Hello...

I need to upload an MP3 file to be accessible on a website. Under normal circumstances, no problemo.

For this clip, however, I'd like it to be totally "non-downloadable". There are several free Flash MP3 players available, but the problem is that if you view the underlying code, you can see where the MP3 file "lives" and just download it from there.

Does anyone know of a solution that would provide this capability with high-quality sound?

Thanx...

...Dave

Well, I don't think you can get the mp3 completely secured like that. There are plenty of programs online for people to download mp3s through securities. Just so you know.

The problem comes from the simplicity of the underlying TCP/IP technology.

Underneath the covers the transfer of data always involves an IP address and a client/server application (that are by convention indexed by port number). The MP3 player is a client that runs on each computer where a user listens to the MP3.

The only side of the communication that you have control over is the server. So any software sent to the client can be reverse engineered. Some software like Flash is easy to reverse engineer, other methods of programming a client are more difficult to reverse engineer. But all client software. with enough effort, can be reverse engineered.

Given that every method involving client software can be cracked, you should select a method that is so difficult that it makes no sense to attempt defeating it. It should be much easier / cheaper to get a copy legitimately.

Free software tools for building difficult to crack client applications are available. But free ready to use applications built with these tools are not available. Since the present focus of tools for sharing are focused on support for public distribution, there seems to be no effort behind free applications for carefuly protected private distribution.