2013-02-28T17:54:43+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871 AUGW info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ 2013-02-17T12:29:42+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3862 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I was recently surprised to discover that documents I had stored on my personal web space with my isp were searchable by google. I mistakenly assumed that this was like cloud storage and only accessible by me. I wonder how many others have made the same mistake. 2013-02-17T21:31:04+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3863 Roy Rainford info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Having seen your posting Lionel I did a Google search with my name and found my images from a website, 500px, showing in the results. I hadn't, or so I thought, made them 'public'. I have deleted them. Thanks for the posting, Roy. 2013-02-18T11:18:21+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3864 Derek Wright info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ but have you had other people search for your Google based documents - and if so can they find them? 2013-02-18T11:26:12+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3865 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Yes it was my son who alerted me to the problem 2013-02-23T09:10:57+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3877 Euan Williams info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ CNET had a Members' Topic discussion about Cloud Security recently which may interest: http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7588_102-585123/cloud-storage-and-sharing-is-it-secure/?tag=nl.e497&s_cid=e497&ttag=e497 2013-02-26T20:42:23+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3889 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I have since had a reply to my query from my ISP and they informed me that the web space was intended to hold web sites etc and as such was not hidden from search engines. Perhaps they will make this clear in the near future. 2013-02-26T21:33:45+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3891 Eleanor Spenceley info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ This might be of interest. http://www.affilorama.com/site-building/robots-txt Specifically If there's content on your website that you really, really don't want anybody else seeing, your best bet is to password-protect that directory. There will usually be a tool to help you do this in your hosting control panel (cPanel or similar). Note that password-protecting your comment (if done right) will also prevent the unpolite bots from accessing the content 2013-02-28T09:39:53+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3894 Drew McFarlane info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Is it possible that this subject could be discussed at the next Dorchester meeting? 2013-02-28T10:59:26+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3895 Eleanor Spenceley info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Here's another interesting link which says what you did should not happen provided: 1. Your webserver is not supporting directory listing services as a default state. 2. If an index file such as "index.html, .htm, .php, .asp" or "default.htm, .asp" is present in the folder root then the server will refuse to give out a directory listing. 3. Your document is not getting picked up in Googles searches for specific file types? 2013-02-28T16:02:43+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3897 Mark Ford info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Certainly is Andrew - - both Mick & Martin will be there. 2013-02-28T17:51:03+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3898 Eleanor Spenceley info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Well, there's little more I think I could add without further internet research on the topic. If you do want to temporarily share your (large) files across the internet (privately), something like DropBox might be better way. You can even share it to others who are non DropBox users. 2013-02-28T17:54:43+00:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/871#3899 Douglas Cheney info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I would agree with Martin, DropBox is very good for that. My son and and transfer lots of files that way