One thing many web heads out there don’t seem to know enough about is what to do with the .htaccess file and this leads to many embarassing security flaws on our precious websites allowing people to see what is inside your website.
What is an .htaccess file? Well its a configuration file which allows to do a number of things, most importantly for most people it allows you to control access to directories, many sites not taking advantage .htaccess are leaving there sites wide open and in many cases your directory structure is entirely viewable by anyone with a web browser..
Recently I found a pretty basic primer on how the files work and figured so of you are interested in getting a better idea of how they work..
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