Thanks, Alex; sounds like excellent advice.
I'd prefer to allow google, yahoo, etc., and logic dictates I do that by using...
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^
http://(.*@)?([a-z0-9-]+\.)*yourdomain\.com(:[0-9]+)?(/.*)?$ [NC]
... and replacing "yourdomain" with the appropriate SE domain.
Back in the day I was the victim of a hotlinker (japanese, I think) and it cost me a fortune in BW. I'm on a mad quest to prevent a repeat of those events whenever and by what ever means possible. I prefer to only have my nightmares when I'm sleeping |shocking|
Appreciate the assistance! |cool|