ForceType application/x-httpd-php

[newtech]

One suggestion to make oscommerce more secure is to add the following in the htaccess file. Can someone tell me what this script does? Anybody know if I can also put it in my phpforum htaccess file to help make the forum site more secure?

 

<Files site>

 

ForceType application/x-httpd-php

 

</Files>

[Guest]

Rich,

 

If you google that command statement, you will notice that it is generally used for 'friendly' URL's and not as a security enhancement. It also says the command is not generally supported by Apache hosts.

 

There is tons of info about the command but from what I can see, it is not a security enhancement for .htaccess

 

 

 

 

Chris

[newtech]

Your answer was the exact conclusion I came up with when I did a Google. Yet, it was listed with other htaccess commands as a security feature when I read an oscommerce article.