Password Protecting Webpages

Cork Skate · 10-01-2005 10:49pm #1

Lads,

I want to password protect a page and i am wondering how i should do it.

Nothing to elaborate .... i am using this at the moment, and could use it with a no-right-click script but want it a bit better than that.

<script language="javascript">
<!--//
/*This Script allows people to enter by using a form that asks for a
UserID and Password*/
function pasuser(form) {
if (form.id.value=="pat") { 
if (form.pass.value=="home") {              
location="Students.html" 
} else {
alert("Invalid Password")
}
} else {  alert("Invalid UserID")
}
}
//-->
</script>

<center>
<table bgcolor="white" cellpadding="0" border="0">

<tr><td><h3><i><b>UserID:</b></i></h3></td><td><form name="login">
  <input
name="id" type="text" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td><h3><i><b>Password:</b></i></h3></td><td>
  <input name="pass"
type="password" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td><center><input type="button" value="Login"
onClick="pasuser(this.form)"></center></td><td><center><br><input
type="Reset"></form></td></tr></table></center>

Has anyone got any ideas ..... are there any sites that would give some help ??

Seth Brundle · 10-01-2005 11:20pm

1. Id put the table inside the form rather than the form inside the table.
2. Using client side scripting is not going to be secure. You need some kind of server side coding such as PHP/ASP/CGI which will do pretty much the same as the JavaScript you have there but in secret. Then every page you want protected could check to see if a session variable is set to true (or whatever!).
What kind of server side coding does your host support?
3. www.php-resources.com / www.aspin.com / www.cgi-resources.com / www.planet-source-code.com / www.google.com

Cork Skate · 11-01-2005 12:12am

To be honest ... it is a college assignment .... we cant do it server side.

I was thinking of encrypting the script that i need to hide but cant find anything good ... any ideas ??

stakey · 11-01-2005 11:09am

first there is no security in that code whatsoever, granted no right click would be enabled but the fast way around that is to turn off javascript and bang you can right click.

if you're not allowed to use server side scripting but you are hosting the site on a server then your best bet would be a .htaccess file.

when your server looks up the page say index.htm in the content directory the first thing it looks for in that content dir is a .htaccess file if that is found it pops up a dialog for password and username otherwise if a .htaccess file isnt found it just moves on to index.htm

there is loads of guides and tutorials on how to put one of these together, plus its bonus points for doing some research. you can also encrypt the .htaccess file so it adds an extra level of security.

good luck