Hey,
There is a bit of discussion about this on this post: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/9b94c53a6733e596/f3d5aa3a8beb82c4?lnk=gst&q=protect+files+directory&rnum=1&hl=en#f3d5aa3a8beb82c4
Steve
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