> -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter > > You may email me privately, and I will provide a true URL. Thx shoot... > > > Rgds, > > Owen Boyle > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > >> Project. > >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To > >> unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat > > keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX > Gruppe. This > > e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the > > exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le > présent e-mail est > > un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité > boursière > > du Groupe SWX. > > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any > mistransmission. > > If you receive this message in error, please notify the > sender urgently > > and then immediately delete the message and any copies of > it from your > > system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of > the message. > > You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > distribute, print, > > or copy any part of this message if you are not the > intended recipient. > > The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail > > communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this > > message are those of the individual sender, except where the message > > states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them > to be the > > views of the sender's company. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > > Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> > for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx