Actually, technically, it is a .htaccess file. .htaccess files are found on web-servers. These files can't be seen by the browser, and are only read by the web-server software, typically Apache ...

I recently installed Mandrake Linux 8.1 (kernel: 2.4.8) and Apache 1.3.20 on my system to learn about how to use htaccess among other more useful things that I need it do. Now basically the issue is ...

I have a configuration file in some PHP scripts that I'm hoping to use. I don't want people to be able to read this config file, but it's extension is .pinc, and not .php. Ultimately anyone can read ...

Throughout past week I came across several people having trouble with .htaccess files. Really, that tech stuff is sometimes frustrating. We have also discussed the 301 redirect and .htaccess file on ...

WordPress managed hosting provider WP Engine announced that it is ending support for .htaccess directives. WP Engine has started End-of-Life (EOL) processes for winding down the use of .htaccess on ...

After Apache 2.3.9, plugins using .htaccess files to impose access restrictions no longer benefited from the custom folder access security configuration. This was also the case with jQuery File Upload ...

For at least three years, hackers have abused a zero-day in one of the most popular jQuery plugins to plant web shells and take over vulnerable web servers, ZDNet has learned. The vulnerability ...