Your .htaccess file can hold a good amount of information about the structure of your website, some of which should not be exposed to users. These settings include mod_rewrite settings, php_flag/php_value settings, and SetHandler directives.
Luckily, you can use your .htaccess file to hide your .htaccess file. Here's how:
<files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </files>
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A better way from the askapache.com htaccess tutorial technically is: