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Eddie
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O.P. BLOCK Hotlinking
Hey guys, is there a way i can block hotlinking on my website, some dodgy site: found here has stolen EVERYTHING from my website and is basically eating up my bandwidth and what not, assistance would be greatly appreciated :(
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04-02-2007 01:50 PM
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RE: BLOCK Hotlinking
http://www.safalra.com/programming/php/prevent-hotlinking/
04-02-2007 01:52 PM
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O.P. RE: BLOCK Hotlinking
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http://www.safalra.com/programming/php/prevent-hotlinking/
Thanks buddy :) Done :)
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04-02-2007 01:57 PM
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RE: BLOCK Hotlinking
I think this is much easier and doesn't require php

http://altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html
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RE: BLOCK Hotlinking
Or if you have a management software on your server such as cPanel, there's an option to block a website through a web based system, basically it does the same as what Ezra said.


EDIT: meant server, not software, sorry.

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O.P. RE: BLOCK Hotlinking
Cheers guys, i will take a look for future reference, but it seems the site had taken my css to, which included fonts etc, so i just blew up there site with 100px fonts and weird tables, and they have given up :) gotta love stupid people eh :)

Chris whats that software called?

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