Programs: Lock up your servers against Fusker

jmf000 · 2005-04-01, 10:00 AM

I just wonder would the condition
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([-a-z0-9A-Z]+\.)*yourdomain\.com(/|$|:[0-9])
work faster than
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(([a-z0-9-]+\.)+)?yourdomain.com(:[0-9]+)?(/.*)?$ [NC]
since it is unlikely subdomains contain uppercases.
I hope it will provide adequate security.
And by the way as I recall Domains are case sensitive (potentially).

And one more clue : I would not place .htaccess with such antihotlinking technics in the root of domain. Instead I would place it in the subdirectory(ies) under which "real heavy" content resides. So leachers still could see your hosted banners linked to sponsors but not actual images/video.

Thanks for your time.

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2005-04-01, 10:00 AM	#34
jmf000 WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 43	I just wonder would the condition *RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([-a-z0-9A-Z]+\.)yourdomain\.com(/\|$\|:[0-9]) work faster than RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(([a-z0-9-]+\.)+)?yourdomain.com(:[0-9]+)?(/.)?$ [NC]* since it is unlikely subdomains contain uppercases. I hope it will provide adequate security. And by the way as I recall Domains are case sensitive (potentially). And one more clue : I would not place .htaccess with such antihotlinking technics in the root of domain. Instead I would place it in the subdirectory(ies) under which "real heavy" content resides. So leachers still could see your hosted banners linked to sponsors but not actual images/video. Thanks for your time.