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password protecting

Jul 19th, 2006

Heh first off, I want to thank the responders here for the help given.

Ok, now for the prob.

I just wrote my first ever HTML page (awful if ya ask me), and I'm mainly using it as a place to keep files and such. However, it's still in development.

What I'm trying to do is password protect it's directory and all the files inclosed inside it.

Some more slight background stuff.

I read over this page for some tips, and here's my sort-of response to it:

1) I don't really need something super secure. I just want protection from the basics.
2) admin privs - I have admin status inside my directory
3) I dunno which OS/webserver I'm using

(see, this space was given as a sorta gift). Is there a way to check this?

Here's the current code if ya wanna see that:

[html]<html>
<head>
<title>le John</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<FONT FACE="Tempus Sans ITC">
<body bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" topmargin="0" background="img/NASA2-2.gif">

<table height="123" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">

<td><img src="img/Einstein1.JPG" width="141" height="190" border="0" alt=""></td>

<td width="100%" background="img/spacetime.jpg"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

<table height="40" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="100%" background="img/spacetime.jpg"> </td>
</tr>
</table>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">

<td width="201"><BR>

  » <a href="http://stoic_sleeper.livejournal.com/"><FONT COLOR="#FF6600"><B>My Life</B></FONT></a><BR>
<img src="img/menubar.jpg" width="201" height="11" border="0" alt=""><BR>
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<img src="img/menubar.jpg" width="201" height="11" border="0" alt=""><BR>
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<td width="100%">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td>

<h2><CENTER><FONT FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" SIZE="+3" COLOR="#FF0000">The Life and Times of John</FONT></CENTER></h2>
<HR WIDTH="75%" COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE="4">
<p <P align="center"><FONT FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" COLOR="#FFFF00">Well, this is just for kicks...for the most part. In reality, this is here so I have a place to backup my hard drive.<BR></p>
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<p align="center">
This site is © Copyright John Haydek 2006-2007, All Rights Reserved<BR></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>

</tr>
</table>

</body>
</FONT>
</html>

[/html]

By the way, if ya wanna point out any obvious problems with it, feel free to :mrgreen:

Lastly, here's the site we're lookin at:

www.sultanofmirth.com/jhay116

Thanks again.

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Re: password protecting

Jul 19th, 2006

encryption perhaps?

http://home.zonnet.nl/MAvanEverdingen/Code/

Also, I would have thought if you are using some sorta database mysql or something, it may have built in security features?

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Re: password protecting

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Arg, I think I'm trying to find somethin that would password protect the page.

I tried using .htaccess & .htpasswd text files, but that didn't seem to work.

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Re: password protecting

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You could always set permissions on the dir. Also, you could find out if the server you are using allows access to Perl or PHP and cruft up a server side app to do that (I have skeletons, so it's no problem to throw one together for you if needed).

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Re: password protecting

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If you only need a simple (few lines) code/script to provide basic protection, I would suggest google search for javascript password gate or similar.

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There is no way to secure a page using JavaScript, HTML, or CSS, the topics of this forum.

You either have to do this at the server or data layers of your application (or both).

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tgreer- you couldnt password protect with html, even if it didnt matter how secure it is? Truthfully, I just dont want friends purveying my site

comatose- how would ya set permissions on the directory.

Lastly, would a javascript password gate work?

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Re: password protecting

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Originally Posted by 'Stein

Lastly, would a javascript password gate work?

Thanks guys.

How about this:-

http://javascriptkit.com/script/cutindex6.shtml

It requires a password to open up a .html file. And there you can put all your secret documents.

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Stein: no, you can't password-protect with client-side scripts or markup. Any code you wrote would have to be interpreted by the browser, which means it is sent to the browser, which means any password would be embedded in the code. It's as simple as viewing the source, then entering the password.

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Originally Posted by tgreer

Stein: no, you can't password-protect with client-side scripts or markup. Any code you wrote would have to be interpreted by the browser, which means it is sent to the browser, which means any password would be embedded in the code. It's as simple as viewing the source, then entering the password.

Not if you use encryption, which was one example given in that link I provided.

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