Dynamic Drive makes it very easy to password protect files! I used their online tool to password protect my script.
It’s three steps and takes about a minute. Here is my post on the Free Link Cloaker script.
Here is a video tutorial showing you how to password protect Free Link Cloaker using the .htaccess Password Generator web tool.

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Godfrey M Abrams