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Peter_Stanley · 03-05-2004, 02:34

Any web desinger gurus out there this morning?

I've just updated my website and set Index.html as a holding page so that only people I give the correct link to can access my web pages.

However, it appears that its still possible to browse the directories, i.e. by guessing that I have a top level directory called "Images", someone can circumvent the Index page and access all my files.

Is there any way to stop this (commercial websites seem to be able to do it) or to password protect access?

I'm currently using the webspace provided by NTL, with domain forwarding for my domain.

Also, is there a simple way to stop the ntl link showing up in the status bar?

TIA.

03-05-2004, 02:34	#1
Peter_Stanley Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Reading Services: NTL 1Mb, NTL 250 modem & Linksys router, Sky & BT Posts: 45	How do I stop people browsing in my webspace directories? Any web desinger gurus out there this morning? I've just updated my website and set Index.html as a holding page so that only people I give the correct link to can access my web pages. However, it appears that its still possible to browse the directories, i.e. by guessing that I have a top level directory called "Images", someone can circumvent the Index page and access all my files. Is there any way to stop this (commercial websites seem to be able to do it) or to password protect access? I'm currently using the webspace provided by NTL, with domain forwarding for my domain. Also, is there a simple way to stop the ntl link showing up in the status bar? TIA.