password protect a directory at a free host?

[ebird]

Let's say I am using geocities.com for the novels I collected from the web. (free)

what's the best way to prevent hotlinkging?
Is there a way to password protect a directory at a free host like geocities?

Thanks.

ebird

[gyrbo]

Nope

[xxicntrydgtlboy]

you can try some java scripts...
they are not totally secure, but good if the person doesn't know the name of the directory you want to secure...
http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jpass.htm
and
http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jpass2.htm
worked for me

[meow]

Don't think they prevent hotlinking. :(

[ebird]

meow is right. What I want is to prevent hotlinking.

Thanks for the replies though.

[LastActionHero]

I know there are some cgi scripts that prevent hot linking. you can try cgi.resourceindex.com and www.hotscripts.com .
Not sure if geocities supports cgi/perl.

[gyrbo]

What do ya think :rolleyes: