ColdFusion mapping ­ not virtual directory. If you create (say) a .com
mapping, your code can access the components in that directory, but nobody
can just call the components at www.whatever.com/com/component_name.cfc,
hence it is a little more secure.

Best Wishes,
Peter


On 3/26/07 9:57 PM, "J MacKay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> 
>> You create a mapping to a directory outside the webroot.
>> 
> Doh!  Thanks guys. It sounded like storing them outside the root _didn't_
> require a mapping. Which _didn't_ make sense.  Sooo ... how is that more
> secure than storing them inside the webroot ? :)
> 
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