Re: Hi folks!
[email protected] (Simon Giles) Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:43:33 -0400
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Thanks for the info Ian. Your suggestion to use <Limit POST> worked great.. >>My other questions relate around permissions. I would like to >>be able to lock down my site so that it's read only to the >>general public, with only a group of editorshaving permission >>to make changes. Any idea how I would go about doing this? >> >> > >This is probably the most requested feature of Kwiki and I can >assure you that Brian is hacking away at it. In the meantime, >you might want to try limiting POST methods to Kwiki in a >.htaccess file: > > <Limit POST> > AuthType Basic > AuthName 'Kwiki editors' > ... > </Limit> > >While this wouldn't stop a determined hacker -- e.g., one that >was determined enough to push a page change through a really >long URL request -- this might provide a temporary deterrant. > >(This is in theory, as I actually haven't tried it yet. If you >need further assistance, please ask.) > > >