Password protect a page

				
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' Name: Password protect a page
' Description:How can I password protect a page? The simplist and most effective password protection using just clientside JavaScripting, relies on the user not knowing the target filename.
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' By: Found on the Web
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' Inputs:Where frameName1 and frameName2 are the names of the two frames that you want to change. 
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' Assumes:
Note, the user can find the directory location, by examining the source, therefore you must protect your directory by placing a default file inside it, which your server will always send when the directory is requested, e.g. index.html, otherwise a directory listing will be sent. 
It is also possible on Unix systems, to just set the parent (or all) directory's permissions to rwx--x--x and all other files to rwxr--r--. The user cannot get directory listings, but can still access any files there. (Thanks to Mike Crawford for this last tip.)
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function go() {
window.location.href = "http://www.somewhere.com/" +
document.formName.passwordName.value + '.html';
return false;
}
//--></SCRIPT>
<FORM NAME="formName" onSubmit="return go()">
Enter Password: <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="passwordName" VALUE="" SIZE=8>
</FORM>