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hotlink protection
- Thread starter Lem0nHead
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Short answer: No, I don't think there is. There may be an Apache mod that allows you to safeguard certain MIME types against calls from foreign referrers, but I don't know of it. The general way (AFAIK) that hotlink protection is generally performed, is by making a script that is the default handler for images. In this script, the HTTP referrer header is checked against the image location requested. If they match, the image is passed through. If they don't, the viewer will get a "you dirty leecher" image.
I'm a bit too lazy to cook something up for you right now, but the strategy should be:
1. Make a simple script that passes through files based on the HTTP REFER header
2. Have Apache use this script for handling images.
I'm a bit too lazy to cook something up for you right now, but the strategy should be:
1. Make a simple script that passes through files based on the HTTP REFER header
2. Have Apache use this script for handling images.
quackweb
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Hello,
A quick fix to preventing image hotlinking is using the .htaccess file. We have a how-to in our knowledge base on this subject at http://knowledgebase.quackweb.com/article.php?id=014
A quick fix to preventing image hotlinking is using the .htaccess file. We have a how-to in our knowledge base on this subject at http://knowledgebase.quackweb.com/article.php?id=014