The .htacces File is a mehtod of configuring the interaction of the server with a client on the Apache Webserver. If there exists a file named .htaccess in a directory, in which the requested file lies, it is first read and it s rules executed. One example for using .htaccess is to restrict access to certain users, which have got a special password. There are a lot of automated generators on the internet for this: One example you can find here. There are a lot of other things you can do, using .htaccess, for instance forbidding certain IP Adresses to visit your site.

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