View Full Version : Does index file TRULY block evidence of other files?
RickJ
Mar 21, 2008, 05:41 AM
If I have a blank index.html file is there any way for someone to get past it to see other files?
Example: www.bookingapple.com
Thanks!
ScottGem
Mar 21, 2008, 06:17 AM
They would have to know the exact names of the pages. But if they did they could get around that.
RickJ
Mar 21, 2008, 06:40 AM
Right. I'm just checking to confirm that there's not some techie way to get a view of the folders and files without knowing their names.
Northwind_Dagas
Mar 25, 2008, 07:08 AM
Google and other search engines may crawl and index your site. Searching for terms on these 'hidden' pages will return a link to them. Your best bet is to prevent Google from crawling the pages by setting up a robots.txt file. Find info on the robots.txt here: The Web Robots Pages (http://www.robotstxt.org/orig.html)