What is the best way to set up a password protected website?

[hajime]

Hello. I wish to share a confidential file (about 500-700MB) with friends. What is the best way to set up a password protected website? I have iWeb 1.1.2 but it does not seem to have this feature. Thanks.

 

[angelwatt]

If you're hosting on MobileMe it's suppose to have some options. Otherwise, if the web server is Apache based then you can password protect a directory using a .htaccess file. You can easily find material on that with Google. Some web host also offer an interface to set this up as well so I suggest checking with your host.

 

[design-is]

Also, maybe you could try a service like DropBox