RE: [users@httpd] RE: htaccess AuthType Basic: some files get served without a password challenge!

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> From: news [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter
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> You may email me privately, and I will provide a true URL. Thx

shoot...

> 
> > Rgds,
> > Owen Boyle
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> > 
> >> Same with
> >> http://mysecure.dir/file.ico
> >> of even a file with no extension
> >> http://mysecure.dir/file
> >> and
> >> http://mysecure.dir/file.zip
> >> will also be served without a challenge. But
> >> http://mysecure.dir/file.gif
> >> always is challenged as well as
> >> http://mysecure.dir/file.html
> >> 
> >> Of course, if the files don't exist mostly I get a 404 
> error instead of
> >> a
> >> password challenge and sometimes just a blank screen.
> >> 
> >> My question is WHY? My hosting company uses Apache 1.3.31 and of
> >> course, they're of little help.
> >> 
> >> I tried playing with the Limit and file directives, but 
> they seem not
> >> to work. I have two questions:
> >> 1) I searched the bugs and found some similar issues. Is 
> this behavior
> >> normal? Or, am I doing something wrong? 2) Is there a way 
> I can protect
> >> this dir from direct file access, or do I need to rename 
> everything to
> >> .gif in order to protect it?
> >> 
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> 
> >> 
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