Please expain me the htaccess file content I've found on my server

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    hello, just wanted to set up some rewrite mode conditions at my recently launched site and saw that htaccess file already existed there. I didn't create it. Can somebody please explain me what its content means? is it just deafult content set up by the hosting support, or it's a kind of hacking? sorry for silly question if it is but I am not familiar with such things.
    can I delete all this and just place rewrite conditions I need?


    # -FrontPage-

    IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

    <Limit GET POST>
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all
    </Limit>
    <Limit PUT DELETE>
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    </Limit>
    AuthName www.mysitename.com
    AuthUserFile /home/eshopde/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
    AuthGroupFile /home/eshopde/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
     
    Julia-IT-Inventors, Jan 8, 2006 IP
  2. mdvaldosta

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    It's support for using Microsoft Frontpage to develop websites.
     
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  3. Julia-IT-Inventors

    Julia-IT-Inventors Active Member

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    thanks for answer :)
     
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  4. stdio

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    This .htaccess is usually created by cPanel as far as I know. So when you create an account this .htaccess is automatically created.
     
    stdio, Jan 10, 2006 IP