At 11:33 AM 1/17/00 -0800, matt boex wrote:
>
>i have two questions. first- how do i set up a secure
>web page? i want someone to click on a link to a page
>with a fill out form but i want that page to be
>secure.
Dunno about cdrw but there are (at least) two definitions of secure in this
case: (1) A form which should only be visible after some sort of
authentication (e.g, username/password are given) or (2) that the
connection between the server and client are encrypted.
In the first case, you can probably create a .htaccess file in the
directory containing the form (probably you want this to be a subdirectory
of the document root). You'll need to create a password database using
htpasswd. See the documentation at apache.org (or your vendor's site).
In the second case, you need to have a server which can encrypt the
transmission (probably using SSL 3) like Apache+mod_ssl or Red Hat's secure
server or stronghold. If you think your current server has this
capability, you simply need to make a link with the string 'https' like this:
<a href="https://www.my.server/my_dir/my_form.html">click here for the
secure form</a>
If you have some other definition of 'secure' in mind, please repost your
question more precisely.
-Alan
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