How to Password Protect a Directory With .htaccess

How to password protect a directory with .htaccess outlines step by step methods for password protecting a web folder.

At times you may want to password protect certain parts of your website, then the easiest method (although never fully secure) is to use .htaccess file for securing your folders/directories. Or perhaps you want to just learn how to password protect using apache web server directives to gain more web security knowledge. To learn more about Authentication using apache server directives visit:
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/how...

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