that ole' Htaccess & Hotlinking Thing!

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by oast

Assuming he does not send you any legitimate hits, block his domain from sending all referrers in your .htaccess

Hey O, thanks for the help response and the code. You kinda confirmed what I had suspected needed to be done but was hoping there was a way I could just force my jpg on him through the frame.

Guy's pretty slick, its a Ruskie site that loads in a gallery page and then uses an ssi script to substitute the aff codes so I have to ban him altogether or send him to a "bugger off" page I create. Can't just create another replacement potential sponsor page that he might be able to overwite again with his codes.

If I find that he is on a dedicated IP, is it better/more efficient to block the IP number rather than the domain name?

Happy Holidays

[oast]

Originally Posted by DJilla

was hoping there was a way I could just force my jpg on him through the frame.

You can.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} thisguysucks\.com [NC]
RewriteRule !fuck-off.jpg /fuck-off.jpg [L]

or lesser bandwidth option would be

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} thisguysucks\.com [NC]
RewriteRule !fuck-off.html /fuck-off.html [L]

Don't put any links on the page, don't include any graphics or scripts, as that will start getting over-complicated. Just a plain HTML page with a big "This page was stolen from ...., NOW FUCK OFF!" on it will do.
If he looks at his own pages, he will soon get the idea you don't want him stealing your pages.

Originally Posted by DJilla

If I find that he is on a dedicated IP, is it better/more efficient to block the IP number rather than the domain name?

I don't think it will make a lot of difference, and will save you checking each day if you use the domain name. I'm sure Sparky will correct me if I'm wrong