Prevent direct access to directories of subdomains

From my hosting platform (e.g. cPanel), I created two subdomains for web apps.

The web apps reside in the following directories:
/foo/bar/app_one/
/foo/bar/app_two/

And the subdomains I created are accessed through these URLs:
http://app_one.bar.domain.com (pointing to /foo/bar/app_one/ directory)
http://app_two.bar.domain.com (pointing to /foo/bar/app_two/ directory)

For security purpose, I don’t want anyone to access the web app directories via these URLs:
http://domain.com/foo/bar/app_one/
http://domain.com/foo/bar/app_two/

So, I updated the .htaccess in my public_html and added this:

With these lines added, anyone who tries to go to http://domain.com/foo/bar/app_one/ is redirected to http://app_one.bar.domain.com

Reference/Source: Prevent Access to Subdomain Folder from Main Domain

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Catzie

A Filipino programmer with a variety of interests such as baking, singing, making up silly song/rap lyrics, K-pop, drawing, creating unique dessert flavors, obsessing about finding out how some things works, board games, anime, video games, and forgetting things that usually go in her long list of interests. Running small-time online dessert shops Cookies PH and Catzie's Cakery.

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