[EGreg]

Speaking of NGINX directives that can make a big difference serving files, here is how you we use it to enforce access control:

https://community.qbix.com/t/restricting-access-to-resources...

[mickeyp]

Why not just use the `secure_link' feature? It's designed for this.

[EGreg]

X-Accel-Redirect is better, it allows us to use any custom logic in our php script to calculate access to resources

[rudasn]

https://www.f5.com/company/blog/nginx/securing-urls-secure-l...

For anyone just learning about this.