I would like to rewrite requests to directory secret (http://example.com/secret) with .htaccess file to show always 404 Not Found error. I'm using Apache 2.4.

It should work for those cases:

• /secret/treasure.php (all files and directories in that folder)
• /secret
• /secret/
• /secret?42
• /secret/?23
• /secret/.php → should result in 404 Not Found
• /secret/.htaccess → should result in 404 Not Found

My .htaccess rules block everything except the last two cases (I'm getting 403 error, but it should be 404):

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^secret.*$ - [R=404,L]

I would like to rewrite requests /secret/.php and /secret/.htaccess to "404 Not Found error".

UPDATE: This is a bit hacky but seems to block everything

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^secret.*$ - [R=404,L]

RewriteRule ^404_error$ - [R=404,L]

<FilesMatch "^\.">
    order allow,deny

    # 403 error
    deny from all

    # Rewrite 403 error to 404 error
    # Must be an absolute path
    ErrorDocument 403 /404_error
</FilesMatch>