title: How secure are .htaccess protected pages
body: <p>Are there any known flaws with htaccess protected pages?</p>
  
  <p>I know they are acceptable to brute force attacks as there is no limit to the amount of times someone can attempt to login. And if a user can uploaded and execute a file on the server, all bets are off... </p>
  
  <p>Are there any other .htaccess flaws? </p>