How safe are directories that are password protected through the control panel of a hosting provider? Do I still need to use my password protected script? Sam ;
They are as safe as anything that's password protected, for example your control panel account itself: safe against casual attempts at breaking in. There will always be ways to defeat password protection, but most of us aren't important enough to have enemies with the resources to do it. The most likely problem is that you will choose a password that's easy to guess, or it will leak out because a dishonest person gains your trust.
.htaccess/password protected directories can onle be accessed if someone knows the password or finds it out by brute forcing.
if you are using cpanel, you can do it from your web panel. if you are using a different panel, you can use you .htaccess file
Thanks for all your replies guys. I did not have email notifications turn on and did not know there were replies until I just now checked. I created the password protection through the control panel which then created the .htaccess file to protect the folder. I was concern because sometimes files in my directories get indexed on search engines although I have a robot.txt to block them. Again thanks for the replies. Sam ;