you should perhaps set Apache::ASP to also execute .asa files like .asp
files

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From: "Thanos Chatziathanassiou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: global.asa horrors ?


> I had a nifty idea the other day: "what if I request the global.asa
> directly through http ?". Well, it kind of turned out exactly as I had
> hoped it wouldn't: apache returned the global.asa in plaintext.
> Now, that's all ok, but my global.asa contained the database password
> DBI used to access my db.
>
> Since this isn't obvious for the casual user, I propose that the
> following be included in httpd.conf:
>
> <Files global.asa>
>     Order deny,allow
>     Deny from all
> </Files>
>
> just to be on the safe side...
>
> Thanos Chatziathanassiou
>
>
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