Obscurity does not equal security.
Use Apache's basic authentication, or a CGI script.
#Psuedo Code
my $q = CGI->new();
if($q->param("password") eq "my password"){
my $base_dir = '../secure_docs/';
my $requested_file = $q->param("file") || '';
if($requested_file =~ /(\w+)/){
$requested_file = $1 . '.html';
}
else{
exit;
}
my file = $base_dir . $requested_file;
if(-e $file){
open($fh, $file);
print while <$fh>;
close $fh;
}
}
else{
exit;
}
# of course, there are other/better ways...
Hope this helps.
John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com
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