How to protect directories

I have uploaded different Microsoft Word documents to the directory ht开发者_如何学Ctp://www.mywebsite.com/documents/

Now the problem is that when I browse to this url you can see all my documents in a list but they need to be hidden and only aproachable by a given link (for example http://www.mywebsite.com/documents/document1.doc)

Any idea how I can do this? Is it OK to place a index.html in every documents directory so they get a blank page, or does Google not like this?

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If you are using IIS, make sure you have unchecked the "Allow Directory Browsing" in the directory properties.

If you are using Apache, read this

Apache configuration

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you can disable directory browsing using .htaccess file if you use apche.

just add the below line into your .htaccess file

Options -Indexes

This will disable the directory browsing in your website.