# making a secure directory on a personal web space ?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 19, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673 "2005-08-19T23:03:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673/1 "2005-08-19T23:03:58Z")
so ive got a bunch of stuff i simply dont want anyone finding on my personal web space… including all the songs i dl ( music company lawsuits = bad)
what do i have to do to make sure this stuff doesnt get found by people intentionsly trying to find stuff on my webspace, or by people using a search engine to find info on “metallica” ?
---
### Author:  [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673/2 "2005-08-20T08:21:59Z")
if you look in the ftp directory, there is usually a folder called “\_private”.
for example mine would look like “ftp://users.adelphia.net/public\_html/\_private/”.
---
### Author:  [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673/3 "2005-08-20T13:07:51Z")
.htaccess ?
there is an amazing tutorial on it by leo laporte somewhere on tech tv’s website i think. i usually google for it when i need it
---
### Author:  [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673/4 "2005-08-21T20:49:37Z")
Yeah, either .htaccess or just don’t publish it to anyone. Essentially, if you make a folder with a difficult / random name, it won’t be discovered.
---
### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/making-a-secure-directory-on-a-personal-web-space/1673/5 "2005-08-21T21:51:02Z")
> [@PumiceT](#):
>
> Yeah, either .htaccess or just don’t publish it to anyone. Essentially, if you make a folder with a difficult / random name, it won’t be discovered.
im just using randon type folder names at the moment, i guess thats good enough , thanks guys