jdMorgan - 1:55 pm on Aug 28, 2009 (gmt 0)

No, because the .htaccess file is not "called" by using a URL, it is invoked automatically as part of the server's URL-to-filename translation process.

Your code *will* prevent anyone using HTTP to examine your .htaccess file, including search engines. But search engines don't need to download that file or examine it, because it is used only by your server itself.

Jim