Geek Software of the Week: DirectoryPass!

Since so much is in the news this week and last on security issues, I figured a security-based GSotW would be a good idea!

Let’s say that you run a web site hosted on a web server running Apache (how wise you are!) And, let’s say that you wanted to password protect a directory off your server via a .htaccess file. You could teach yourself to code the password into the file, or you could simply download and set up DirectoryPass!

DirectoryPass

“Features and Benefits

  • Multi-Language Interface: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and Turkish interfaces all in one script.
  • Multi-Platform Software
  • Tested on Unix, Linux and Windows environments.
  • Cross-Compatibility
  • Supports Windows .htaccess, Cobalt RAQ .htaccess and traditional .htaccess methods.
  • Simple Installation
  • Upload one file (less than 50Kb) and configure via browser.
  • Open Source
  • Released under GNU General Public License. DirectoryPass is completely free!”

DirectoryPass also gives you a web-based screen to manage usernames and passwords to web directories as well. Very cool stuff!

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