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chupacabra · 06-26-2004, 10:39 AM

ok, gotta bounce this one off the GFY collective; last night my bandwidth usage on a certain paysite went through the roof, and continued through much of the night... *much* higher than normal, w/ no obvious reason why. my security script (pwsentry) which has been reliable for years now reported no problems or shared accounts, but something must be up as my customers couldn't have all gotten hooked up w/ T3's at once.

is it possible that someone is "hotlinking" to my media through .htaccess somehow and bleeding off my bandwidth wholesale? if so, what is the method and any way to combat..?

06-26-2004, 10:39 AM
chupacabra Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,626	hotlinking video media from behind .htaccess... how, and how to stop? ok, gotta bounce this one off the GFY collective; last night my bandwidth usage on a certain paysite went through the roof, and continued through much of the night... much higher than normal, w/ no obvious reason why. my security script (pwsentry) which has been reliable for years now reported no problems or shared accounts, but something must be up as my customers couldn't have all gotten hooked up w/ T3's at once. is it possible that someone is "hotlinking" to my media through .htaccess somehow and bleeding off my bandwidth wholesale? if so, what is the method and any way to combat..?