htaccess and security with php

If your Apache web server is configured correctly, '.htaccess' files can not be accessed or hacked from the web.  If someone breaks into the server as an authorized user, they might be able to make changes then.  

'get/post requests' normally have to be handled by the page they are sent to because it will have the code to process the information.  There is no generic way to handle those.  Sending the info to the server IP address only works if the target is the directory index which in this case should be 'index.php'.

Sending people to the index page of your web site for a 404 error is not very friendly or informative.

Can you tell me what these setting are intended to do ?



IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>

indexignore  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexignore

According to one site, the <Limit GET POST> section is not correct.  The <Limit PUT DELETE> is probably not necessary because Apache does not provide handlers for those functions.

thanks for your help and clarifying my questions.

from my understanding of what you have said, there are no additional security options you can suggest to make the site more secure.

regards
Michael