Seems like a friendly place to ask, so...<br /><br />When using "entropy search", is there a way to stop it indexing various files or directories?<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to read this and any help you can give.<br /><br />Steve<!--content-->
Doing a Google search on "entropy search limiting" I found several hosts with what looks like canned Cpanel text that says the following:<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Warning: This search engine searches all of the ASCII (text) files on your site. This includes HTML, PERL, plain text files, etc. Since there is no way to limit the search engine, if any of these files contain sensitive information, either encrypt the files or remove them from your site. This is a smart move anyway - you should not store sensitive information on your web site without encryption.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Sorry it's not good news.<!--content-->
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H Jim & Bruce,<br /><br />I had a feeling you'd say it was a non starter. Perhaps some one somewhere has a tweak.<br /><br />I'll take a look at your sugestion, though if it requires a lot of technical knowledge, it may not be the one for me.<br /><br />Seasons greetings<br /><br />Steve<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums Steve!<!--content-->
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Welcome to the forums Steve<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=159351:date=Dec 20 2005, 09:42 PM:name=UncleSteve)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UncleSteve @ Dec 20 2005, 09:42 PM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=159351"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Seems like a friendly place to ask, so...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I wasn't wrong then <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Doing a Google search on "entropy search limiting" I found several hosts with what looks like canned Cpanel text that says the following:<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Warning: This search engine searches all of the ASCII (text) files on your site. This includes HTML, PERL, plain text files, etc. Since there is no way to limit the search engine, if any of these files contain sensitive information, either encrypt the files or remove them from your site. This is a smart move anyway - you should not store sensitive information on your web site without encryption.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Sorry it's not good news.<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />That's why I chose <a href="http://www.interspire.com/fastfind/" target="_blank">FastFind</a> when I added a search to my site.<!--content-->H Jim & Bruce,<br /><br />I had a feeling you'd say it was a non starter. Perhaps some one somewhere has a tweak.<br /><br />I'll take a look at your sugestion, though if it requires a lot of technical knowledge, it may not be the one for me.<br /><br />Seasons greetings<br /><br />Steve<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums Steve!<!--content-->
Welcome to the forum, Steve. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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<!--quoteo(post=159351:date=Dec 20 2005, 09:42 PM:name=UncleSteve)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UncleSteve @ Dec 20 2005, 09:42 PM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=159351"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Seems like a friendly place to ask, so...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I wasn't wrong then <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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