Deanna475 — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:03:37 +0000

Hi Suzanne. Thanks for your 2¢. I can already tell you that NMF does not list mod_rewrite as an available module because they have PerlDiver available in their support section -- it shows you everything that's installed. That having been said, I wouldn't want to mess with anyone's .htaccess and .htpasswrd if I didn't have to, except I'm finding it extremely difficult to find a solid, Fort Knox-like site password protection that *doesn't* make use of either. The search is still on if someone knows of such a program that will protect my site from password sharing/brute force attacks, password thieves and the like, I'd be most grateful.

Suzanne — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:58:19 +0000

NMF's doesn't like people to screw with the .htaccess simply because the tech folks don't know much about it. Also, they have, on average, very non-tech-savvy customers.

You can see how that would lead to all sorts of support mayhem!

That said, pop on over to scriptsolutions.com and download PerlDiver -- it will tell you what's on your system and what's installed as far as modules.

I don't believe you have access to rewrite, however you should have access to .htaccess and .htpasswrd

Suzanne

Deanna475 — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:50:20 +0000

Hi Marc and thanks for your 2¢. I am looking for a reliable membership management script as well. You suggested a PHP session script. At the risk of sounding like the Village Idiot, what is a session script and are there CGI/Perl versions of same? I've never configured anything for PHP although I'm thinking I should start learning fast!

MarcD — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:48:26 +0000

also maybe look for a php session script
we use those for member managment,

Deanna475 — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:42:39 +0000

Good point mjames. Would that I could change hosts but I've got 6 months left on this contract. Incidentally, I was over at hotscripts.com right now when this notification arrived. GMTA, but I'm still not finding the ideal program. I mean, I want this site to be Fort Knox and merely reporting password sharing does not qualify as Fort Knox in my books! Still looking for a reliable site password protection system. Ideas anyone?

mjames — Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:26:54 +0000

You shouldn't let your hosts prevent you from taking the next step with your site if many other hosts allow it. I am surprised they frown upon changing .htaccess/.htapasswrd - hosts typically have no problems with that. Considered changing hosts? Here is a good tutorial on .htaccess if you are interested: http://www.cgiextremes.com/extras/Tips_Tutorials/htaccess.html - otherwise, search HotScripts.com.