Please help - do i need this code in htaccess or can I get rid of it?

pp4sale

Could someone tell me if this has anything to do with the security on my site or whether I can just get rid of it? If I do get rid of it my mod re-writes works - so do I need to get rid of it or should I keep it?

What does it mean? I never use front page so can I get rid of it and the file it links to, in which there are more htaccess files and other stuff?

HELP!!?

# -FrontPage-
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.example.com
AuthUserFile /_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /_vti_pvt/service.grp

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bretticus

If you don't use frontpage extensions (who does these days???) then you can probably dump the IgnoreIndex (since apache probably already blocks access to .ht* files.)

the limit lines do exactly as they say, that is, allow everyone to POST or GET. Deny any client header that are PUT or DELETE requests (was that for frontpage extensions???) Either way, I see no issues leaving them or taking them out since PUT and DELETE are not relevant unless you have mod_dav enabled.

The following lines, however...

AuthName www.example.com
AuthUserFile /vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /vti_pvt/service.grp

...are your password protection. If you use that, you don't want to get rid of these.