Re: [OT] web hosting server files
On Tuesday 11,September,2012 06:35 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 06:25:14PM +0800, lina wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I put some files on the hosting server, those files can be viewed via
>> the explicit url,
>>
>> such as web.xxx.com/~lina/some_file.html
>>
>> There are no any link built from homepage.
>>
>> I wonder if someone else, without knowing the explicit name, whether can
>> they get or not?
>>
>> I tried wget -c web.xxx.com/~lina/* not work.
>
> Try just http://web.xxx.com/~lina/
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~lina/ on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at www.xxx.edu Port 80
>
> Some web servers, when told to serve a directory, will provide a listing
> of the files in the directory; some will check for index.html first. I'd
> suggest talking to the webmaster for web.xxx.com and seeing how the web
> server is configured. If the link I provided above gives you a listing,
> then look at either turning that feature off or countering it with an
> index.html page. Once that's done then, no, it should be difficult to
> find the page without knowing the direct link.
>
> However, don't mistake this for security. All it could take is for
> someone to bookmark the page and suddenly the page is "known".
>
>
> By the way, I shan't make any judgements on your hosting provider
> looking like a porn site :)
I gave my words, it's a very decent website. Just let me keep some
privacy. The xxx is something I used to substitute something else.
>
Thanks with best regards,
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