> > > I think I prefer availability to password unless it is my tree. > > > After all many of my facts were given to me by others. > > <snip> > I wouldn't want the password - the more viewers the better. > > I like the "view but not accessible" except by me. Is that a > function of .jpg? > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) Hugh, This seems to be a continuation of the discussion on soc.gen.computing. As I said there, circling Robin Hood's barn looking for a more satisfactory/satisfying solution to your publish but protect desires has resulted in nothing more than a deepening rut, largely because your choice is to publish with some risk that somebody might harvest and misuse your information or not to publish at all and avoid the risk. The solutions put forward here and on s.g.c all say very much the same thing: if you put your information on the web there's currently no way to absolutely guarantee it will not be "stolen" and misused. You can make it more difficult for the potential thief through passwording, through unusual formats or through limiting what's readily viewable and accessible. All such solutions involve some degree of hoop-jumping on both sides, however, and you have to decide which hoops and who jumps most. Which is to say, you have to determine the degree of risk you're willing to accept and make your decision based on that and what's presently feasible. As you seem to have a military background, I'd suggest you approach the problem as a "decision paper": state the problem, then examine the possible solutions and their pros and cons. Your conclusion should be as objective as possible and apparent from the problem statement and discussion. Bob Melson -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- "People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer [email protected] (Robert Melson)