pw protect web pages?

[phrankco]

I have been looking at some scripts & programs that password protect web pages when site hosted on another's server.

Thinking about using this one-
http://www.webdevtips.com/webdevtips/php/secure/index.shtml

Any opinions, ideas or suggestions?

TIA

 

[root]

are you able to use a .htaccess file to password protect a directory?
if this is about as secure as you can go without having access to the server, the only improvemet I would suggest is the use of session variables rather than cookies as these are server side and automatically terminate when the browser closes, (unlike cookies that can be forged)/

 

[phrankco]

frontpage ext using .htaccess not recommended I edit it

found this java applet but unsure about using it for multiple pages
http://www26.brinkster.com/wesselc/webgate/success.asp