password protected website?

[otheos]

How can I set up a site to ask for a user/pass before people are able to browse?

Thanks

[club_med]

One possibility would be to use a Java applet, in order to password protect a site.

cm.

[smokin1]

Here's a link to get you started. The example here can be brute forced, but it works. There are more heavy duty scripts at devhead.
http://www.leoville.com/ali/diary16.html
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[qball]

Depends on what level of security you want. For the web server, local network authorization can be configured.

Depending upon application server, you can have managed session security. This jist is one way into site, through login page. Every page after that is 'post'ed. Therefore any 'get's will redirect back to login page.

Lastly, you can do java applet, but that is secure as a sceen door on a submarine.

Any way this is accomplished needs server side processing to maintain security, a non-trivial solution.

The javascript solution above will do some very basic password protection, but click on this link:

http://www.leoville.com/ali/right.html

Not really protected at all.


[This message has been edited by qball (edited 04-02-2001).]