Protect child SWF from being downloaded

Hi, I've been struggling with this for a while and i cannot
find how to do this....
I have a main Flex app (main.swf) that load other pieces of
content (content.swf, content2.jpg, etc...). I want those pieces of
contents to be accessible only by using main.swf. I've tried to put
my content outside the web root and access it in main.swf using an
image container with the source :
http://www.server.com/file?content.swf&key=secret,
but anyone can access this string and download content.swf.
So, how can i protect content.swf from being downloaded...
Note that i cannot embed content.swf, content2.jpg, etc... since
there will be too many files...
Any help would be appreciated

I'm going to throw this out there and say, simply, that you
can't. Just the fact that someone is viewing the content means
that's it's already downloaded to their system, albeit buried in a
temp folder somewhere.
I think instead of stopping someone from downloading it, you
could find a way to stop it from working once it's separated from
the web server it's currently deployed on.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, of course...
Jon

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