Using a web service to transfer a large file?

[UJ]

Is it reasonable to use a web service to transfer a large file (current <
1MB but could end up being 1Gig in the future.)

The reason for my thought of using a web service is that then I can make a
userid/password parameters. I'm currently using a page where that will
return the file but there's no security on it which means that people could
just send the appropriate URL and it will work. I'm trying to put in a least
a little bit of security.

TIA - Jeff.

[Xavier - www.andeol.com]

Hi Jeff,
We do a lot of file upload/download in my company and we are just using Web
Service to manage the dialog between clients and server ("what to send ?").
Of course, it is secured. Then file transfert is done by BITS (Background
Intelligent Transfert Service) which is much more reliable and can also be
secured.

Regards
Xavier

"UJ" wrote:

Is it reasonable to use a web service to transfer a large file (current <
1MB but could end up being 1Gig in the future.)

The reason for my thought of using a web service is that then I can make a
userid/password parameters. I'm currently using a page where that will
return the file but there's no security on it which means that people could
just send the appropriate URL and it will work. I'm trying to put in a least
a little bit of security.

TIA - Jeff.

[UJ]

Wow! Now that's cool! Thanks for the help.

Do you by any chance have a code sample I could have?

Thanks again.

Jeff.

"Xavier - www.andeol.com" <Xa****************@discussions.microsoft.com>
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Hi Jeff,
We do a lot of file upload/download in my company and we are just using
Web
Service to manage the dialog between clients and server ("what to send
?").
Of course, it is secured. Then file transfert is done by BITS (Background
Intelligent Transfert Service) which is much more reliable and can also be
secured.

Regards
Xavier

"UJ" wrote:

Is it reasonable to use a web service to transfer a large file (current <
1MB but could end up being 1Gig in the future.)

The reason for my thought of using a web service is that then I can make
a
userid/password parameters. I'm currently using a page where that will
return the file but there's no security on it which means that people
could
just send the appropriate URL and it will work. I'm trying to put in a
least
a little bit of security.

TIA - Jeff.