A secure streaming content delivery system provides a plurality of content
servers connected to a network that host customer content that can be
cached and/or stored, e.g., images, video, text, and/or software. The
content servers respond to requests for customer content from users. The
invention load balances user requests for cached customer content to the
appropriate content server. A user makes a request to a customer's
server/authorization server for delivery of the customer's content. The
authorization server checks if the user is authorized to view the
requested content. If the user is authorized, then the authorization
server generates a hash value and embeds it into the URL which is passed
to the user. A content server receives a URL request from the user for
customer content cached on the content server. The request is verified by
the content server.