| Re: Restricting access to a website [message #174854 is a reply to message #174822] |
Wed, 13 July 2011 19:13   |
Luuk
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On 12-07-2011 02:38, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 7/11/2011 7:24 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 7/11/2011 4:08 PM, Graham Hobbs wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:21:41 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
>>>> <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On 7/10/2011 10:01 PM, Graham Hobbs wrote:
>>>> >> Hello,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I 'very laboriously' coded my index.php (close to novice level), for
>>>> >> my website and it is up and running. It's not public yet and needs to
>>>> >> stay that way. I need to give the address to two people who will help
>>>> >> with my product's development .. but they could reveal the address
>>>> >> anywhere, inadvertently or otherwise.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If, for example, my website is www .lahdedah. com, I want to allow
>>>> >> full access to these two people (and me:-)) .. others would get a
>>>> >> 'Sorry, not yet available' screen. I envision hard coding their home
>>>> >> address's into my index.php?? Am not interested in any additional
>>>> >> typing by these three.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hope I've been clear. Is this feasible, easy/hard/unusual?
>>>> >> Please, thanks
>>>> >> Graham
>>>> >
>>>> > There are any number of ways to do it, none of which require PHP or
>>>> > any
>>>> > other server-side language. Try alt.apache.configuration (assuming, of
>>>> > course, you're using Apache).
>>>> >
>>>> > Also, unless you are David Small of Small Expressions, you
>>>> > shouldn't be
>>>> > using his domain name in an example. Use www.example.com, which is
>>>> > reserved for just such a purpose.
>>>> ---
>>>> Jerry, folks, thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Will check into alt.apache.configuration and apologies about lahdedah,
>>>> didn't know about example.com.
>>>>
>>>> But I wasn't emphatic enough .. yes I would know their IP addresses so
>>>> CAN I hard code them in my index.php? Yes or no would do and a PHP
>>>> buzzword I might search on to get started .. I just prefer all my code
>>>> in one place.
>>>>
>>>> .. am definitely not interested in extra keying of passwords by my two
>>>> associates.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Graham
>>>
>>> You definitely need alt.apache.configuration. No need to do anything
>>> to your php code.
>>>
>>
>> If you know the IP addrs - simply compare them to the Php global
>> $SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].
>>
>>
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> No need to even go to that trouble. It can all be done in the Apache
> configuration with no changes to the web pages at all.
>
Jerry,
Can you explain the REAL benefits of doing this in apache,
despite the fact that this is a PHP-newsgroup?,
And the real drawbacks from changing a bit to his own php-code just for
this case?
I simply dont understand why sending him away to
alt.apache.configuration is better ....
--
Luuk
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