steve miller wrote: > Guess I need to give more info. > This is a private site that the school does not want accessed via the > open web. > They don't have an intranet, so what we are doing is making it only > available through a site that they contract (edline.net). > In this way, school members log into edline first with a username and > pw, then they see the link to the private site. > > In order to keep general web visitors from even seeing the home page, I > am requiring a certain variable be present. If the variable is not > present, we re-direct to the school site which is public. > > So the problem is that I don't even want the members to see the > variable, or it might unintentionally get out. > I don't even want them to know that a variable is being passed. If they > see the id in the url, they might pass it on and the result is the same. > > So...I was hoping that somehow I could accept the variable but hide it > by re-writing the url. > Is something like that possible? >
How about this? Use an intermediate script. The script that checks for the variable sets a cookie and then redirects to the protected page. The protected page checks for the cookie. If either check fails they redirect to the public site. Sheila -- http://www.shefen.com/ ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
