[Mozile] Securing Mozile Interface

[James A. Overton]

Hi Dan,

Sorry I didn't see your message earlier.

Dag Sverre is right: Mozile runs on the client (the browser) and so  
it can't control access to pages on your server. On the other hand,  
Mozile doesn't actually change pages on the server unless the server  
allows Mozile to save the edited document.

So you have a couple of options for controlling who can edit your  
pages. One is to require a password (on the server) to access the  
page that Mozile POSTs its changes to. That way anyone can edit, but  
only authorized people can save and make the changes permanent.  
Second, you can create two copies of the page, one for everyone to  
see which does not include Mozile, and another password protected one  
which includes Mozile.

Like Dag Sverre says, the details of how you set the password depend  
on what server-side technology you are using.

Let us know if you need more information,

James



On 2007-08-01, at 2:37 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:

> Dan Lavie wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does any one know how to make mozile with a password, so not every  
>> one
>> can change my site ?
> If I understand correctly...by default, all changes in Mozile  
> happens in
> the client. So if one client changes something this doesn't affect  
> what
> is on the server at all, and disappears when the client does a reload.
>
> Mozile can be used together with other technologies in order to save
> contents back to the server from the client, ie you need to  
> specifically
> enable such behaviour. And once you have set up that correctly, you  
> will
> likely know the answer to your question or be able to ask more
> specifically (ie "how do I set up password protection on my WebDAV
> server etc."... the protection is not located in Mozila but in  
> whatever
> connection technology you use).
>
> Dag Sverre
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