Perl Securing 1

[ensorg]

Hi,

I have an application that I wrote to learn perl with. It has an HTML form which places data into a flat file. I have a perl file which then reads the data from the file and allows me to edit or delete.

My question is, as my host only allows me to run perl programs from the cgi-bin so I can't password protect this folder, how do I make the perl file secure so that anybody can't just run it.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Newposter]

How about using .htaccess authentication on the cgi directory? Newposter
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."

 

[ensorg]

But can I set .htaccess up so that if somebody requests that specific file it will prompt for a password, but if somebody calls another file from the same directory, i.e. the perl file that handles the form, it won't prompt?

 

[justice41]

What about putting the script in a subdirectory of cgi-bin with an .htaccess file?

jaa

 

[ensorg]

justice41,

Thanks!!! Now why didn't I think of that?