#84089
06/06/2002 11:57 PM
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Junior Member
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Do avatars/images displayed on your UBB.classic via images from other URLs contribute to your bandwidth?
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#84090
06/07/2002 4:48 AM
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Admin / Code Breaker
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No, but the other sites can change the images at any time to something offensive, ugly or whatever, so it's not suggested 
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#84091
06/07/2002 5:06 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
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Member / Blamoholic
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Member / Blamoholic
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I saw that done one time... it was pretty funny. 
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#84092
06/07/2002 5:15 PM
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Joined: May 2001
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Content Queen
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Content Queen
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It does STEAL the bandwidth from the site you've direct-linked to; thus, it's considered a no-no to do so.
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84093
06/07/2002 7:59 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
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Old Hand
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Old Hand
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I agree with Sue. I'll move this topic to Chit Chat for further debate. 
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#84094
06/07/2002 8:29 PM
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Spotlight Winner
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Spotlight Winner
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It is a big issue actually. It can be combatted however with the http referer...help me here if you can. I believe the command is something like this.
[code][/code]Can one of you gurus here help me out and show us the easy way to implement this kind of restriction?
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#84095
06/07/2002 8:37 PM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,211
Master Hacker
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Master Hacker
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Create a .htaccess file and put the code below in it, then upload it to the directory you want to protect. Make sure you upload in ASCII.
[code][/code]
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#84096
06/07/2002 9:51 PM
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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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I posted about this in the modifications suggestions in the 6.3 area.
At my test site, one of my mods direct linked her avatar to an outside site.
Would Matt's code/instructions prevent this from happening, or is Matt's code designed to keep others from direct linking to *my site*?
If Matt's doesn't prevent direct linking to other sites, could someone please create a hack for that purpose (to be used with the avatar feature for 6.3)?
There's just no way I can monitor where all the avatars come from in my community; it's growing too rapidly.
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84097
06/07/2002 10:29 PM
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Spotlight Winner
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Spotlight Winner
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Hi Sue, I posted this in the other thread but it deserves repeating. I cured that problem by removing the members rights to link to a custom avatar. Let them get to a certain post amount or some other plateau and then go into the CP and assign them yourself. I have a custom folder in my noncgi dir. that I use for them and all is well.
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#84098
06/07/2002 11:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,211
Master Hacker
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Master Hacker
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I won't say that this implementation of mod_rewrite is perfect (cause it ain't), but I will say that this method works quite well (cause it does).
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#84099
06/07/2002 11:21 PM
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Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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quote:
Originally posted by XPerT.x:
Hi Sue, I posted this in the other thread but it deserves repeating. I cured that problem by removing the members rights to link to a custom avatar. Let them get to a certain post amount or some other plateau and then go into the CP and assign them yourself. I have a custom folder in my noncgi dir. that I use for them and all is well.
Ah, the lightbulb goes on here.  I see what you've done.
In playing with this at my test site, I can't get it to accept a "custom" link via the control panel. It keeps defaulting to the very first graphic in the custom folder. 
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84100
06/07/2002 11:25 PM
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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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Never mind! I figured it out.
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84101
06/07/2002 11:36 PM
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Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,849
Spotlight Winner
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Spotlight Winner
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Awesome, it is a bit more work but it certainly solves the problem.
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#84102
06/08/2002 2:10 AM
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Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 21,079 Likes: 3
I type Like navaho
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I type Like navaho
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quote:
Originally posted by Bookie:
I saw that done one time... it was pretty funny.
I've seen it done too... works pretty well
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#84103
06/08/2002 2:27 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 2,223
Veteran
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Veteran
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Matt your rules implementation is broken .... somewhat. RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ Says if there is no refer. If I have your site bookmarked, close my browser, open my browser it loads your site. with no refer. see where I am going? Also... depending on your version.. you can write it this way: [/code]saves you from duplicating. doesn't work for all versions. works on my server. some of my mod_rewrite rules don't work on this server though. :confused: anyway... worth a try. if you can save a few steps.
I wouldn't write the rules that way however. For reasons such as the bookmark reason. I have a site on my server that is very popular and had the same problem as UBBdev. 25% of their bandwidth was being siphoned by other sites linking to thier downloads and images. I started with rules almost just like yours although I redirected to a page that explained why hotlinking was bad. almost immediately got emails of complaint from legit users that had bookmarked the site. I did what Allen did. I identified from my logs all the sites that needed to be blocked and targeted them.
[code] That stopped all the emails from legit users and stuck my html page in the middle of badsite.net's pages. notice I didn't redirect to an image because my rules would have setup a never ending loop. Yes, I do have to audit my logs regularly to maintain my rules but I do that anyway. edit - typos, typos.....
Picture perfect penmanship here.
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#84104
06/08/2002 9:52 AM
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Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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I have a rather ignorant question to ask (no comments from the cheap seats )-- how can I tell if someone is direct linking to my site? I'm a relative newbie to having my own domain (a little over a year), so I'm not as up to speed on the inner-workings producing reports, et al. ------ If I'm seeing a huge problem with the direct linking, I'd love to implement Matt/Navaho's scripts -- which means I'm gonna be back, asking lots of questions!
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84105
06/08/2002 9:59 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 7,394
Admin / Code Breaker
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Admin / Code Breaker
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If you have access logs, check the referrers.
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#84106
06/08/2002 12:10 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 54
Member
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Member
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i see this question has been answered but here is a nice little site I found a while back that might help someone. http://www.hostingmanual.net/other/htfun.shtml
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#84107
06/08/2002 3:31 PM
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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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quote:
Originally posted by Shinju:
i see this question has been answered but here is a nice little site I found a while back that might help someone.
http://www.hostingmanual.net/other/htfun.shtml
Thanks, Shinju! That's great stuff to learn about.
LK, I'll search for that info when I get home from work tonight.
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84108
06/08/2002 4:43 PM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,211
Master Hacker
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Master Hacker
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Hmm, thanks for the tips, Nav!
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#84109
06/08/2002 10:32 PM
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Posts: 794
Content Queen
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Content Queen
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quote:
Originally posted by LK:
If you have access logs, check the referrers.
Okay, I found the access logs, and there are tons of "referrers." What would I look for to know if someone is syphoning off my site's graphics?
Sue
adwoff.com
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#84110
06/10/2002 8:56 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 7,394
Admin / Code Breaker
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Admin / Code Breaker
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Try to search for .gif and .jpg, and check if all referrers are from adwoff. If you see some other URLs, just access them to see your graphics there, and then add the domain to .htaccess
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