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ClickBuster · 2005-01-13, 11:44 PM

Hey guys, I just saw some traffic coming from http://board.freeones.com, where I found a link to a gallery of mine. I believe there're also other posts, but pointing directly to the images, any suggestion how should I protect myself from hotlinking?

I can use .htaccess to protect based on the HTTP referer and if the click is not from my site it will return 404, is this good enough?

2005-01-13, 11:44 PM	#1
ClickBuster I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 476	How can I protect my images from beeing hotlinked? Hey guys, I just saw some traffic coming from http://board.freeones.com, where I found a link to a gallery of mine. I believe there're also other posts, but pointing directly to the images, any suggestion how should I protect myself from hotlinking? I can use .htaccess to protect based on the HTTP referer and if the click is not from my site it will return 404, is this good enough? __________________ The tendency is to push it as far as you can -- Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas