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  • AmateurAmber
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2001
    • 127
    #1

    stop image bots *help*

    hey guys, i have messed with .htaccess a bit but i am not having any luck with one particular problem that is becoming quite a drag on my bw.

    i am allowing webmasters to hotlink my guestcam (http://www.ambersamateurhardcore.com/webcam/snotrocket.jpg) as part of my partnership program, so i want to allow hotlinkers.

    but

    i am getting millions of "cam bot" grabs daily. people are setting up bots on my guestcam image in hopes to grab every possible free image that they can. this shows up as a "HEAD" in my access file instead of a "GET". how can i block bots but still allow hotlinkers?

    a couple of people have told me it's a simple matter of three lines of code yet nobody can actually scrounge the code up for me. i use a linux set up, if anyone can help me out i would be 4ever in your debt.
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    • afrocreep
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2001
      • 1074
      #2
      Although i've never actually done it (i suspect i will be soon) there is a apache module called mod_rewrite

      http://webmasterfolder.com/learningf...andwidth.phtml

      has samples and such, hope it helps.

      btw, thats one hot bod

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      Come home with me or I'll dispatch my legions of flying monkeys!

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        • dynamite
          Registered User
          • Aug 2001
          • 63
          #3
          .htaccess ability is from mod_rewrite

          Try to block or allow some host based on REMOTE_ADDR, ie. RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^<some ip or ip range>*. You can also use REMOTE_HOST if you work with servers only.

          Or you can do this:
          Instead of hotlinking, let them link to a php script which modifies HTTP header and .htaccess must be set up to accept only requests with that header. This can work 100% if done properly.

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            • afrocreep
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2001
              • 1074
              #4
              it could be dangerous, but you could test it for a day put this in either the httpd.conf / apache.conf file or in a .htaccess for that directory

              [Limit HEAD]
              Order deny,allow
              Deny from all
              [/Limit]

              that should deny HEAD request however it is unknown what the result might be. only one way to find out

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              Come home with me or I'll dispatch my legions of flying monkeys!

              [This message has been edited by afrocreep (edited 08-17-2001).]

              [This message has been edited by afrocreep (edited 08-17-2001).]

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                • AmateurAmber
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 127
                  #5
                  thanks for the help peoples.

                  we have been trying stuff all day and the only thing we have accomplished is crashing my server.

                  i will keep plugging away at it, hehehehe.
                  make 70% sending your traffic to a real amateur babe-a-roni

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