Ultimate HtAccess file?

[MrHackula]

Howdy KCat,

By saying who can NOT go some place you don't effect anyone but the people you specifically say. In the above example blank referrers go right on through. If you are doing the standard "Allow people from my domain and my IP, deny all others thing" you can add this line:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

... this SHOULD allow people without any referer to pass.

I do NOT recommend this, as scripts and search engines will waltz right in if this is the only protection you are using.

Hope this is helpful,

Mr. H.

Originally posted by KCat
Question about the anti-hotlinking...if the surfer has firewall software running that won't pass the referer, will he be pushed to your rewriterule page?

I use the referer info for a shared members content area & have had problems with this. Since they're already members, it's easy enough to send them to a page with instructions for changing their security settings. But for submitting TGP galleries, that's another story.

Thanks!