A WEB page is "protected" when only a limited number of authorized users may access it.

Basically, to access a protected page an must enter a valid username and the related password.

Also CGI programs can be defined as "protected" pages.

Protection is implemented through HTTP directives. Protection directives for the Original HTTP server are different from those used with the HTTP server powered by Apache.

Once a CGI is running under protection it may retrieve the username the user logged in with, by retrieving the environment variable REMOTE_USER.

For detail information about protecting CGI pages, please refer to our deliverable Work with validation lists.