Re: bandwith protect .htaccess

.htaccess will allow you to redirect errors (404,403,etc) and also
to redirect access attempts for certain directories.

I don't believe you can protect images or downloads that way, as
the user must be able to download the image or downloadable file
to use it.  You can, of course, password protect directories.

Example .htaccess file:


#######################
# starting with password protection info...
AuthUserFile /path/to/your/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Protected Area Name"
AuthType Basic

# now, the authorized user(s)
<Limit GET POST>
require user USERNAME
</Limit>

# This prevents people from looking at your htaccess file.
<Files ~ "\.htaccess$">
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Files>

# redirect Apache errors
ErrorDocument 403 http://domain.com/path/to/forbidden_page.htm
ErrorDocument 404 http://domain.com/path/to/error_page.htm

# redirect from private directories
Redirect /templates http://domain.com/
Redirect /source/.private http://domain.com/


#########################


D


----- Original Message -----
From: "Beauty" <Beauty(at)themearena.co.uk>
To: "TECHNIQUES" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:59 AM
Subject: bandwith protect .htaccess


Hi

I am new to all this and was wondering if anyone could give me the
code to
protect my bandwith.  I want to put this code into a .htaccess
file and I
want to protect image links and download links.  Possibly with a
link that
takes them back to my
own site then.

Thanks

~ Beauty ~
www.themearena.co.uk
Beauty(at)themearena.co.

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