Safe way to support hosting files from asp.net mvc site

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Published on 2011-02-05T14:29:01Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 15:25 UTC
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i have an asp.net-mvc site where users can add content and links and the data gets saved in a database. They now want the ability to upload attachments to pages and i wanted to figure out a few things:

I have upload code that will upload files (pdfs, images, etc) but i wanted to see where i should be storing them. should i store them outside the website directory structure ?
Is there any file types that i should be concerned with storing. I would basically have a file picker on the front end.

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