Xyling Java Blog: .htaccess demystified

Xyling Java Blog: .htaccess demystified: ".htaccess demystified
Have you ever wished, you could change that ANNOYING 404 message being displayed to the users coming to your site? Have you ever thought, you can prevent 'hot linking' (also popularly known as stealing of bandwidth)? Have you ever wondered if you could deny users accessing your site based on their IP? Would you like certain pages of your sites be accessed only via authorized persons?

If your answeres are assertive then certainly, there is something interesting for you here.

.htaccess, a file that most of us have heard of but never bothered to understand, is the key to a highly customized and fairly secure site. It is an ASCII file that can be used to configure
-Error Documents
-Password protection
-Enabling SSI via htaccess
-Deny users by IP
-Change your default directory page
-Redirects
-Prevent viewing of htaccess
-Adding MIME types
-Preventing hot linking of your images
-Preventing directory listing

Title of this page will take you to an indepth tutorial explaining how to make each configuration mentioned above.

A great value for all the web developers, web masters and of course, J2EE Professionals :)"