Sane

And to add some salt to what King is saying, just add a security code image. That way people can't script their way in to seeing the page. However, the security code would have to be generated using PHP or something, but there'd be way around that too.

Ooble

I would advise trying .htaccess/.htpasswd files. You've got nowt to lose by doing so.

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Sane

How so...? Do you mean getting by, by analyzing the image's pixels? Or some other way?

Prm753

So I tried .htaccess and .htpasswd files, but I think they've been disabled, just like php and asp and all that good stuff. I'll see what else I can try, but I might have to go back to my old not-so-secure method of naming a folder randomly and and hoping no one finds it.

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Sane

I thought that method is actually very secure, as long as it's a very random folder name, and there are no links to it from anywhere (which may include an index that your hosting provider has access to).

May be wrong though.

DaWei

If your free server has a control panel, you should be able to start from there, read the FAQ, and determine what capabilities you are given. If you have .htaccess or similar, it will (should) tell you how to set it up.

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titaniumdecoy

If you go for the randomly-named directory, there are a few things you can do to decrease other people's chances of finding it, including not linking to it from any web pages, and placing it in nested directories and excluding the first from search engine crawlers with a robots.txt file.

Prm753

That sounds good, I'll try that. Although, when I do use one, I never keep it more than a couple of days, and then I'll either change the name or delete it and make a new one.

@DaWei:The control panel for the server is one of the worst I've ever seen. It gives me unhelpful options (do I want to allow a photobook for my site, and can visitors add links to my site, etc). The FAQ for FTP sites (that's what mine is, as opposed to using a sitebuilder) is crummy, (and I read it until I was blue in the face) and says nothing about securing directories.

Oh well, at least they don't show ads on my site and give me all of 10mb of storage space...

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