Directory browsing threat

Hello!

I was having a discussion with a friend recently about directory browsing.

He said that if you don't add an index page in each folder on your website you can be hacked.

So I had a search around Google and couldn't come up with any solid proof that this is true.

So basically my question is: Is it possible to be hacked via directory browsing? And if so, would putting an index page in each folder prevent it from happening?


Thanks in advance.

Nathan.

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Directory browsing can help a hacker, as he/she can find out what scripts you have installed in your server and from there find weaknesses.

Instead of using an index page everywhere, you can disable directory browsing from your server's configuration.

OK, thanks for the heads up.

And yes I found a different way to stop directory browsing using cPanels 'Index Manager'

Just select the folder you don't want people to browse and it's done, very simple.

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