Secure Access to a PDF File

[echow () videotron ca]

To all:

Thanks for all your great feedback on SSL VPNs - most appreciated!

Is there a way that I can add access to a pdf file to a website in a secure way?  What I was thinking was to require 
user name and password to access this very confidential file.  I was also thinking about requiring the use of tokens 
and/or certificates.

Oh, the fact that I put a link to this document on the website is, in itself, a security risk!!  Instead, maybe I 
should just send recipients a link to access this document from a secure server that will then ask for simple but 
secure authentication information.

The user group for this application is pretty low tech so my challenge is to come up with something that is secure but 
really straightforward to use.

Any thoughts on how I would implement this would be most appreciated.

Regards,


Edmond