Posted by C. on 05/31/07 22:08

On 31 May, 01:46, abracad_1...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I want to prevent other sites hotlinking to images on my site which
> appears as the urls:
> japan.twinisles.com
> japandesu.com
>
> I have added the following lines to.htacces
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?twinisles\.com/ [NC,OR]
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?japandesu\.com/ [NC,OR]
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(.+\.)?japan.twinisles\.com/ [NC]
> RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]
>
> However when I test it on sites such ashttp://www.free-webhosts.com/hotlinking-checker.php
> the images still appear.
>
> What am I doing wrong?


Since the site you mention is specifically designed to demonstrate
leeching, the people who developed it have probably planned for such a
trivial prophylaxis. Also, if you're serious about protecting your
site you should learn how to capture protcol level wiretaps and how to
understand them.

C.

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