Apache Authentication - ApacheCon 2005 Caveats Slow - unindexed text files must be read line by line Has been known to fail for large user lists (where "large" will depend on many variables.) Insecure - username and password passed in the clear every time, as is the content. Keep your password file outside of the document root. Preferably owned by and readable only by 'nobody'
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