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[Tony Alfrey]

Ronnie Gauthier wrote:
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> Well, it depends on the server and a few other things.
> A search engine follows links. If there is a link to ../foo/file.abc
> we know that the folder foo exists. So we can script the folder and get its 
> contents if the server will let us. When you are surfing try viewing a 
> graphic and then using the url to the images folder. On most servers you will
> get a dir listing of the image files. If a folder is public you should be able 
> to script it and get the contents.]


And in fact, virtually all of the images from my kids science project 
website are on Google, and I easily get a listing of that directory.
So it sounds as if I make a directory *with no links to it* anywhere, 
and then use it to hold a simple pdf, it is safe for at least some brief 
period, especially if the directory name is not so obvious to be a word 
that some password searching script might stumble on?


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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"