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Protecting folders on line

  • 25-03-2009 12:13AM
    #1
    pharmacien
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭


    I was wondering if there is any way to password protect folders online

    I want to use my own domain as an on-line hard disc (for backup and easy retrieval/distribution of documents). I imagine I'd FTP the documents onto the domain, but how would I go about securing them?


Comments

  • #2
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Use sftp or tunnel over ssh.

    May or may not do the job but Dropbox could be worht a look. You can set up public folders and that sort of stuff.


  • #3
    Cantab.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭Cantab.


    .htaccess

    If possible, use it over https, but even over http, you'll get some protection.


  • #4
    tpotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭tpotter


    As Cantab said, using .htaccess files provides a quick and easy way to password protect folders and files. This seems like a pretty easy to follow guide ( javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess3.shtml )

    And in regards to using FTP, this is a rather insecure method of moving files, as in not secure at all, so you would probably want to use SSH. On the same token, again as noted by Cantab, you would want to use https to access the files on your server.


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