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Its been a long time since I've needed to crack open an .htaccess file...
What is the simplest way to 40x prevent access to a specific file extension through out the entire site?
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. htaccess files (or "distributed configuration files") provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof.
What permissions should the file have? 644 permissions are usually fine for an . htaccess file. When you create the file on the server, it should already have these permissions set, so there is most likely nothing to change.
<FilesMatch "\.(htaccess|htpasswd|ini|log|sh|inc|bak)$">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
Loaded with some common extensions, add more as you need.
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If you really want a 404 (and not a 403), you can use mod_rewrite:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule \.ext$ - [R=404]
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