Site security

[cbs604]

I maintain the website for one of my clients, (I am into computer consulting, and website design is not my forte), and they have asked me if it is possible to create a secure section to store all their policy documents and forms for access by staff.

What are the pros and cons of this idea?

Is password protecting a page really secure? What methods of password protecting are there? Any other ideas for achieving the same result?

Cheers,
Brodie

[shigamoto]

I would not count on just password protection to do the trick. If the information falls into the wrong hands it can really do a lot of damage I presume?

The correct way of doing it would be to use licenses that is granted to certain users. If I recall right there are systems for these kinds of things, and if they are really important documents and they company gains sharing them with their employees in that way you should think about investing in one.

[cbs604]

"The correct way of doing it would be to use licenses that is granted to certain users"

Sorry to sound dumb, but could you expand on that?

Cheers,
Brodie

[goodroi]

Anything that is posted on the Internet can have its security broken. You can make the security tougher by randomly updating passwords, secure servers, ip blocking etc. These measures will only decrease the probability of someone hacking in. If someone is smart and has enough time (and computer processing power) they will probably be able to overcome your security measures.