IRC over Web Server (security)

stingray72 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Atlanta, GA

Hey guys, I found a program on sourceforge (CGI:IRC) and am thinking about using it so i can access IRC from work (we're slow right now

). My concern is the fact that anyone who could point there browser to the .cgi file could surf IRC through my web server (not that that's a huge deal). Is there anyway that I could password protect that one script? Has anyone used it and can reassure me that's it's not too dangerous

Thanks

~stingray72

klieber · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:44 pm Post subject:

Just slap an .htaccess file in the directory and be done with it. There's about a billion tutorials on creating .htaccess files, so give google a try and you should be good to go.

--kurt
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scheuri · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 6:58 am Post subject:

aye....htaccess and you will be fine...you can even make the whole thing more interesting/complicated by adding a database instead of a plaintext-file (htpasswd)....makes it maybe easier to administrate.

and you may even make the connection to your server over SSL...

...

oh my...there is a lot you can do to increase security...

my 2 rappen
scheuri

stingray72 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Atlanta, GA

I've used htaccess before but I thought it protected a directory?? Am I wrong? This is just one file in the cgi-bin that I want to limit access too

I'll be reading more docs on .htaccess in the mean while

Thanks guys

klieber · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 12:49 pm Post subject:

Messiah · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 139

You are wrong. You can say in your .htaccess: