What is a remote password protected folder access by the internet called?

Published On 06 Mar 2010 By . Under: Closeouts.   

I am trying to set up an internet accessible folder that can be accessed by clicking on a link from my web-page. In that folder I want to have about five different people upload closeout documents viewable by clients who have a password. What is this called? Who should I contact to get this set up? How do you do it?

Depends on web server [software]:
Apache

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=password+protect+directory+htaccess&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

IIS

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=password+protect+directory+iis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

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