Securely pass user information to windows media server

[Adam]

I have a forum that requires users to login. Inside I
have links to video on a windows media server.

I don't want people to be able to copy those links and
access the file directly.

So I want to create a machine user account that has
access to the files. Then when someone clicks on the
link inside the forum, the machine username and password
are passed, but not visible in the link or html code.

How can I do this?

Thanks

 

[Steve Easton]

Place the video files in the same password protected subweb as the forum.
then when a link is clicked it will invoke the password prompt if the link
is "outside" of the forum.

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[Guest]

The forum is publicly viewable, and logins are done only
to post messages, pictures etc. So the subweb itself has
anonymous access enabled. The "forum" user accounts are
not machine based but are stored in a database. When
they login a cookie is set. So someone can still link
directly to a file within the web and view it without
logging in.