Dreamweaver - Re: securing files on the server/ hackers and spammers

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Re: securing files on the server/ hackers and spammers

gareth

2005-08-31, 7:21 pm

Well in theory, no one will know the location of the text file, so they wont
be able to find it anyway.

However, the easiest solution is to put the file in a directory outside of
your web site folder, or if you cant do that put it in a directory protected
by a .htaccess file, so a username and password is required to read it over
the web. Lookup .htaccess in google for instructions on how to do this.

Your PHP files are safe, as they are parsed by the web server before
anything is sent to the browser, so none of your PHP code can be seen.

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Michael Fesser

2005-08-31, 7:34 pm

..oO(gareth)

>Your PHP files are safe, as they are parsed by the web server before
>anything is sent to the browser, so none of your PHP code can be seen.

Assuming the server is configured and working properly. Even PHP scripts
that are included by the page scripts should be stored outside the
document root if possible for security reasons.

Micha