Under Apache 1.2 and above, the Files directive can be used to prevent
certain filenames being browsed:
eg
<Files ~ "\.inc$">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#files
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#filesmatch
Just seems to me more elegant than associating .inc with a handler. Don't
know if there's a similar mechanism under IIS though.
vittal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua J. Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> The following is also true for PHP. Naming PHP include files
> .inc gives anyone full-read access to the files by simply requesting
> them by name.
>
> The solution of course is to do one of the following:
>
> a. name php include files with a PHP extension (.php, .php3, etc) that
is
> associated with PHP parsing them
> b. associate .inc files with PHP so that they are parsed and not
displayed
