Welcome surfers and homepage builders. Do you have a subdirectory of files that you do not wish the world to
have access to? And your server does not have htaccess or chmod features, or you just don't know how to use them? Did you ever wonder how to keep them out? Well "Snoop Stoppers" is your answer!
Here we will tell you how people snoop and then show you how to stop them if you wish!
First we will deal with snooping....... just how others can access all the files of a subdirectory by knowing
the address of just one file. For example here is a file that is in a subdirectory /block/b-nopeek.html
After clicking and looking at the page, if you delete the file name b-nopeek.html you wind up with /block/ as you can see by clicking on this, you go right to the subdirectory and see all the files listed there.
Why did it go to the list of files? Because without a page called index.html which is what the browser is
looking for, it creates an "index" of the files contained in that directory or subdirectory. This is
one of the reasons all homepage providers emphasize the importance of having a page called index.html
Well now that you know how to snoop.......... we'll show you how to block those snoopers!! It's really
very simple, if you have a subdirectory for your midis for example, all you have to do is put a page in that
subdirectory called index.html
WARNING be very careful when doing this because you already have an
index.html in your main directory (don't you?) and if you create another page called index.html in your main directory, it will overwrite (take the place of) your existing index.html page. So.....when creating your "Snoop Stopper" page
name it something like stop.html, build your page that you want people to see when they try to access your
subdirectory, then move it to that subdirectory. Once you have moved it, you may now rename it index.html
Then when someone tries to access your files they will see your "Snoop Stopper" page and be properly deterred
from seeing and then "borrowing" any or all of your files!!
These pages can be very simple or very elaborate. Listed below are the ones we've made, ranging from very
simple to some more elaborate that use javascript and meta tags. Please feel free to transload any or all of
them to use. All we ask is you transload any sound files or images files needed for that particular page to your site! The files are also listed below.
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