phranque - 10:37 pm on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0)

welcome to WebmasterWorld, bingbing!

any requests that supplies a 200 OK response is "available" and "hidden folders" are wishful thinking.

I have added a password challenge response on the folder now

i assume you mean basic authentication?

the 401 response is one solution.
you can also provide a 403 Forbidden response but allow requests from your IP address if that's an option.