Is it wise and feasible to write .htaccess file for my application??

Hi experts...
Well i want to clarify that is it wise and feasible to write .htaccess
file for my application which will be live24/7 to thousands of users.
I have almost implemented all the things which are suggested to secure
apache in the Apachedocs. My envt is RHL 9.0/ Apache2.0 with mod_mono/
Mono 1.0. The users will be accessing some other directories too in
the main application directory. e.g if i have placed the application
directory "apps" as under /var/www/html/apps, now in this apps
directory i have some other directories which the users will be
needing to retrieve some data for thier use. Should i check for the
authentication at that level tool? All I want is that only valid users
may have access to that data. Although at the first entry point the
..NET applcation asks for the authentication of the valid user but i
was still wondering from my, i mean Apache's point of view. I dont
know whether this is a valid question or not and i need your help. So
from that point of view what do you suggest? What are the "MUST"
security options that i need to take care of in Apache/RHL? I would
really appreciate if you could guide me step by step...
Thanks in advance
Best Regards

apachemono@rediffmail.com (Sukhminder) wrote in message news:<dedf5c71.0408301006.2eb2a1b8@posting.google. com>...
> Hi experts...
> Well i want to clarify that is it wise and feasible to write .htaccess
> file for my application which will be live24/7 to thousands of users.
> I have almost implemented all the things which are suggested to secure
> apache in the Apachedocs. My envt is RHL 9.0/ Apache2.0 with mod_mono/
> Mono 1.0. The users will be accessing some other directories too in
> the main application directory. e.g if i have placed the application
> directory "apps" as under /var/www/html/apps, now in this apps
> directory i have some other directories which the users will be
> needing to retrieve some data for thier use. Should i check for the
> authentication at that level tool? All I want is that only valid users
> may have access to that data. Although at the first entry point the
> .NET applcation asks for the authentication of the valid user but i
> was still wondering from my, i mean Apache's point of view. I dont
> know whether this is a valid question or not and i need your help. So
> from that point of view what do you suggest? What are the "MUST"
> security options that i need to take care of in Apache/RHL? I would
> really appreciate if you could guide me step by step...
> Thanks in advance
> Best Regards

Any Ideas...??
Regards