![main menu](title2.jpg)
|
|
![](features.jpg) |
Password
Protection |
The only conceivable
means to protect your webpage nowadays is through passwords, but
are they really necessary? Probably if your website contains some
information exclusive only to a number of people, or if your site
is laiden with sleazy pornography. Here we focus on how to get one
fast, and best of all, free. I signed up at Fido7
and checked on both their quality and speed of service. Although
Fido7's homepage doesn't look all that impressive, signing up was
indeed an easy task, and at once my login and password took me to
the page I was trying to protect. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty:
|
Knowing
which page to defend |
Our
sample URL (website address) during this discussion will be http://www.geocities.com/China/Pirates/1135.
Before signing in, you first must know which page you'd want isolated
from all humanity. One drawback of Fido7 is that it cannot protect
index.html or default.html, your main file, since whenever someone
types in and enters that URL, they are immediately led to index.html,
not to your password verfication page in Fido7. The smartest thing
to do is to keep all important info away from index.html and into
another html file with a difficult filename. Say that I created a
file called secret_files_007_1800_top-secret.html, which carries all
my classified undercover information about pirated software in China.
To keep people guessing, I further place it inside a subdirectory
called Secret0007. I maintain my index.html file but the only information
I divulge in it is a link pointing towards the password verification
page. |
How
to register |
Fido7
asks for only the basic information necessary to activate your account.
Beside "URL if authorization ok:" I type in http://www.geocities.com/China/Pirates/1135/Secret0007/secret_files_
007_1800_top-secret.html. Again, this is the URL people are redirected
to only if their login and password are correct. Under "URL if
authorization failed", the URL for this one is http://www.geocities.com/China/Pirates/1135/sorry.html,
which gently blurts out that they provided the wrong information.
You can easily create a sorry file after registration. |
Adding/Deleting
Users |
To
add a new user, simply type in a login name and a corresponding password,
separated by a colon (:) (ex. brucelee:kungfu). To add
multiple users, do the same thing, but separate each user with a comma
(,) (ex. brucelee:kungfu,spikelee:malcomx,bubblee:ivory).
To remove a user, type in the user name you want deleted (ex. bubblee).
You can continuously edit these settings by logging in through the
"adjust parameters" section of Fido7's opening page. |
More
Facts & Tips |
1. Once
you've successfully registered, you'll receive an address wherein
your users can login. In your index.html file, put a link directed
to that URL. For more advanced users, incorporate the verification
process into index.html using cut and paste.
2. Assuming
that secret_files_ 007_1800_top-secret.html contains more links
to equally secretive files in your website, I give these files hard-to-figure-out
names as well.
3. Users
can easily bookmark accessed pages using their browsers, so change
your file names regularly (like once a week).
4. A
more reliable defense system is creating a file called .htaccess,
but this requires more work and cash.
5. Xcheck
is a site that provides free webspace as well as a reliable password
system for people setting up sites targeted to the adult market.
Check it out.
|
|
|