Securing Large Downloads Using C# and IIS 7

Question

Here\'s the setup:

• 1 web server running a C# app to which my users (stored in a MySQL database on said server) authenticate.

• 1 file server

Answer 1

You may be interested in Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968799%28VS.85%29.aspx

Version 2.5 introduced HTTP authentication via certificates.