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Method Two -- Add an index.html Page to a Directory that Contains Sensitive Files.

Create an index.html page If you store files on the Polaris or Nova servers, you can use an index.html page to block access to a directory. This method is a little more complicated then just adding text to WebTycho, but is relatively easy and provides you with the flexibility of using URLS in the WebTycho classroom. When using an index.html page it is best to put all sensitive files in one folder. For example you could create a folder called exams and place all of your exams in that folder. Directory/Folders saved on Polaris/Nova Files saved inside the exam directory. 1. Using your HTML editor (i.e., Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver) create an HTML document called index.html. You create index.html just as you would any other web page. Type the text you feel is appropriate and design the page to your liking. 2. Save the file as index.html and publish to the folder that contains your sensitive files. In this example, WS-FTP was used to publish index.html to Polaris/Nova. To learn more about file transfer using WS-FTP, please visit: http://info.umuc.edu/de/ezine/how_to/publish/publish_wsftp.htm 3. Open browser (i.e., Netscape, IE) and try to access the folder you added the index page to in Step 2. When you try to access the folder that you saved the index.html page, you should no longer be able to see all the files stored in that folder. It is a good idea to create an index page for the root of your polaris account. To do this you need create an index.html file and place it in the www directory. If you have sensitive files in different folders, you will need to create an index page for each folder. Now that you have created an index.html page for sensitive files, it's important to know that an index page may not be sufficient. If you make your file names predictable (i.e., mid-term.html, midterm.html, final.html), then index.html will not help. If a student can guess the file name, they can still gain access to the document by simply typing in the full URL. For added security, it is advisable to assign file names that are not very easy to guess. Try using less obvious names for your assignments like mt-sum2003.html instead of midterm.html.

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