Zenphoto :1.4.2
Zpardoise : 1.4.2
In my gallery, my album protected by a password is freely accessible when clicking on links or Gallery News and Gallery RSS Feed.
How can I keep the private area at these links

What RSS reader? If you are logged in as an admin and read rss with that browser (Firefox for example) you of course can access password protected items.

After some testing on my side:

If you use Internet Explorer as your RSS reader and if your RSS feed is in your favorites : there is probably a problem of cache refresh on this application.

If you consult the RSS feed while connected, it is normal that the images are shown in the RSS Feed.
but the feed is not refreshed by IE when you log out.

I have this problem with IE, but not with IE and Opera.

to solve the problem: remove your RSS feed to your favorites and recreate it.

it is a problem you may have, but that your visitors will not, especially if they can not connect to your gallery.

Thanks, Vincent, that is the only way this can happen.