Attachement_fu , protected files and displaying images

I use attachement_fu to store files above the public folder
so that I can protect them. Only authenticated users are able
to download the files. Anything works as expected.

But I still have a problem:

If the uploaded file is a image (content_type = image/jpeg) I want
to display the thumbnail to the public - the big file is still only
downloadable to authenticated users.

image_tag (image.public_filename) does not work because it looks
for the filename under /public/…

Any help?


Jochen K.
gissmoh.de, figgfrosch.de, ror-ror.de