title: Laravel 5 Protecting Assets With .htaccess
body: <p>I have an asset folder in my public directory that isn't protected by the .htaccess file. Currently, I am just using static index.html pages inside the assets folders but I'd like a proper way to redirect. I don't know much about .htaccess so any help will be much appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>My current .htaccess inside public directory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  &lt;IfModule mod_negotiation.c&gt;
      Options -MultiViews
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  RewriteEngine On
  
  # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
  
  # Handle Front Controller...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>