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From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Calvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: os-windows/2145: .htaccess will password protect directory but not 
individual files if name of file is guessed
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:56:34 -0600 (MDT)

 On 28 Apr 1998, John Calvin wrote:
 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > To reproduce on win95 (possibly NT as well)
 > 
 > http://server.com/protected_dir/   will produce login and password window 
 > (works appropriatly)
 > http://server.com/protected_dir/guessedfilename.html   will load the file 
 > without asking for a password or login.
 
 Erm... I can't reproduce that.  
 
 Are you _sure_ your authorization isn't being cached by your client?  If
 you exit the client then reload it, does it prompt for authorization for
 http://server.com/protected_dir/ ?  If you exit again and reload, does it
 prompt for authorization for
 http://server.com/protected_dir/guessedfilename.html
 
 Note that most clients cache the authorization until you exit them or, in
 the case of MSIE, they can do it forever.
 

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