Damn Hotlinkers!

lux_interior · 2004-06-17, 02:07 PM

I had a standard .htaccess file that I thought would prevent hotlinkers but apparently it didn't because when I checked my stats I noticed one site in Korea was hitting me to the tune of 25K a day! I then added a line to block that specific url which seemed to work but I was also accidentally blocking genuine surfers and pissing off a few link list and tgp owners too

Anway I've trimmed the file down now to just block the one url and hopefully that will work but it's not the best soluton. I know .htaccess isn't perfect and it will block surfers who's browser/proxy/firewall doesn't pass a valid referer so what the heck should I do?

How do you guys handle hotlinkers without blocking valid sufers?

Thanks

Lux

2004-06-17, 02:07 PM	#1
lux_interior Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 69	Damn Hotlinkers! I had a standard .htaccess file that I thought would prevent hotlinkers but apparently it didn't because when I checked my stats I noticed one site in Korea was hitting me to the tune of 25K a day! I then added a line to block that specific url which seemed to work but I was also accidentally blocking genuine surfers and pissing off a few link list and tgp owners too Anway I've trimmed the file down now to just block the one url and hopefully that will work but it's not the best soluton. I know .htaccess isn't perfect and it will block surfers who's browser/proxy/firewall doesn't pass a valid referer so what the heck should I do? How do you guys handle hotlinkers without blocking valid sufers? Thanks Lux