Authentication controls access to your Web pages. There are two styles of authentication available to the FlashConnect programmer: the standard .htaccess file and the w3Users file.
Most UNIX and some Windows Web servers use a file, usually named .htaccess, to control access to directories containing static Web pages or CGI scripts. This mechanism is not necessarily the same on all Web servers, so consult the server documentation for details.
Using the .htaccess file allows access control to both the static Web pages created with FlashConnect and to the CGI applications that allow access to all the Web pages in a directory (or none at all).
However, this approach does not allow for fine control. A user either has complete access to FlashConnect applications, or none at all.
Access to Microsoft IIS Web servers is controlled through Windows file permissions.
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