Re: Newbie Question: Password protect a webpage

From: Ryan Stewart (zzanNOtozz_at_gSPAMo.com)
Date: 10/23/04

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    "Paige Miller" <pmiller5NOSPAM@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
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    > I'm trying to come up with a very low-security password protected
    > web-page. I have found some short java code on the internet at
    > http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/password.htm that will do what
    > I want, if only I could figure out one little thing.
    >
    > On the gateway page, you place a javascript which asks for the password,
    > and then only if the proper password is provided do you allow access to
    > the next page. Great. Exactly what I want.
    >
    > What I can't figure out is this: let's say the password protected page
    > is named http://somewhere.com/abraham.html. How do I stop people from
    > noticing that name, after the first time they correctly supply the
    > password, from going directly to that page (bypassing the need to supply
    > the password). If someone makes this page a Favorite, it appears they
    > can go directly to this page, not what I want. How do I fix this?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    Oh, and in the future, post to comp.lang.java.help for beginner questions or
    comp.lang.java.programmer for advanced topics.

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