.htaccess

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A special file used by the Apache Web Server. Using .htaccess you can configure quite a lot options of the web server itself. For example, you can: change default/start page of your site; prevent directory listing; establish password protection; prevent hotlinking; manage redirects; set some mime types; deny access by ip address or hostname.

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