What to pay attention to when creating a file hosting service?

Question

Programming

Good afternoon!! I have a task to create a small file hosting service for users on the site and I need the help of experienced people in this area. Help with advice, what you should pay attention to when creating, what pitfalls can be. I didn’t want someone to upload some kind of virus to the host on the very first day and the whole site collapsed.

Answer 1

1. Checking the expected/allowed "body" of the uploaded file
2. Prohibition to start from the storage directories for everyone
3. Shaping to share the bandwidth
4. ACL by access, total number of files, list of extensions, max. volumes per folder and per file.
5. Distributed system for organizing the file structure for several storage systems

Answer 2

Disclaimer when placing pron and warez.