> >>Well, if you're going to use CFCONTENT to serve the files, there's no > point in renaming them, is there? > > Yes, if you cannot store them in some non Web accessible directory, > which was my case for many years before I got my own dedicated server. > By renaming them .cfm, they are automatically protected by some > Application.cfm in the same directory.
Were you using IIS or apache in those days? If the latter, an .htaccess file could have been placed in the directory to deny access. Shared hosting on IIS give you no such ability though. ~Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
