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Susan

OK, in book its says that _private files are for sensitive
data. How secure are _private files?

Thanks for information!

Susan
 
That's not an easy question to answer. They are as secure as the Network
Administrator for that network makes them.

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Kevin Spencer
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For an individual who decides to create their own website
and obains company to host it, are you saying then that
how secure it is depends upon the hosting company? For
private company it would depend on the Network
Administrator correct?
 
It depends on the Network Administrator for whatever network the web site
resides on, regardless. Security is complicated, and involves a whole range
of systems and settings. It involves routers, firewalls, user accounts,
permissions, and web server settings, to name a few.

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Kevin Spencer
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http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
What are you thinking of storing in the _private folder?

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Nothing--the older I get, the more sketical I am, and the
more complex things have become! Just curious about book
saying sensitive data could be stored there. Skeptic in me
questioned how safe this was.
 
Personally, I don't store anything in the _private folder, but I also don't
use any FP components that require data to be stored in the _private folder,
such as hit counter data, form data when written to a file, guest book data,
etc.

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I use the _private folder to store my include files.
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| Personally, I don't store anything in the _private folder, but I also
don't
| use any FP components that require data to be stored in the _private
folder,
| such as hit counter data, form data when written to a file, guest book
data,
| etc.
|
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| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
|
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| MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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| | > Nothing--the older I get, the more sketical I am, and the
| > more complex things have become! Just curious about book
| > saying sensitive data could be stored there. Skeptic in me
| > questioned how safe this was.
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >What are you thinking of storing in the _private folder?
| > >
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| > >==============================================
| > >Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > >WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > >
| > >FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
| > >MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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| > >To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage
| > support see:
| > >http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > >
| > message
| > >| > >> OK, in book its says that _private files are for
| > sensitive
| > >> data. How secure are _private files?
| > >>
| > >> Thanks for information!
| > >>
| > >> Susan
| > >
| > >
| > >.
| > >
|
|
 
I have a special folder just for include files.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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I use the _private folder to store my include files.
Click to expand...

I throw included stuff like page headers and footers in there
along with some templates for site building that users will
never access.

My understanding was that it was not for "private" information,
but simply for pages that you don't want the public to access
directly. Secure data should be placed in another directory
where you tightly control access.
 
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