[2486] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Password protected pages?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pierre-Yves Bonnetain)
Sun Jul 21 15:05:46 1996
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:46:47 +0100
From: Pierre-Yves Bonnetain <pyb@cadrus.fr>
To: cibir@netcom.com
CC: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <Pine.3.89.9607201356.A5967-0100000@netcom> (message from Joseph
Seanor on Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:04:30 -0700 (PDT))
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> What is the best way to protect a web page from:
>
> 1. People viewing the HTML code
None here. The browser has to get the HTML code to display it, and you
cannot prevent anyone from looking it.
> 2. Only allowing certain people with an account and password
> onto the page?
>
Use your server's prefered authentication scheme.
--
-+-+ Pierre-Yves BONNETAIN (aka Pyb)
Consultant Internet/Securite
