.htaccess File Generator Tool

Use this form to generate a .htaccess file (an access-control file you place on the server, with your web pages, to determine who can view those pages, and/or from where).

Brown Community

Shibboleth Select this option to restrict your pages to Brown faculty, staff, students, and other closely affiliated groups.

User List

Shibboleth Select this option to restrict your pages to people with specific IDs that you provide above.

Groups

Shibboleth Select this option to restrict your pages to people who belong to specific groups that you provide above.

IP Address

This option does not use Shibboleth. CIS does not recommend this option, it is provided as a convenience.

Select this option (and enter a list of space-separated IP [network] addresses/masks) to restrict your pages to people coming in via those (network) addresses. Effective use of this option requires an in-depth understanding of IP addressing.

Shibboleth Logout

The face of web authentication at Brown has changed!

Shibboleth Shibboleth is Brown's Single Sign-on web authentication service. Shibboleth is more useful, more secure, and more widely used throughout higher education.

Shibboleth is different - learn how to safely and securely use Shibboleth. Additional information regarding Brown's Shibboleth implementation is located on the CIS documentation wiki.