.htaccess and QuickTime question - GoFuckYourself.com

jennycards · 03-15-2003, 03:23 AM

Hi!

Playing around with .htaccess we had to find out that the activeX to play Quicktime .mov files does not transmit the http referer on Windows browsers. It does however transmit referers on Macintosh browsers.

Anybody else noticed that before ... and has got a solution?

Thank you!

Mutt · 03-15-2003, 03:27 AM

do you mean if you have your QT movies in a password protected directory that if I have the URL of the movie file I can see it without being prompted for a username and password?

never noticed that.

jennycards · 03-15-2003, 03:42 AM

No, it means that when I have a .htaccess file that tries to test for hotlinked movies I am not able to catch "no referers" because even properly linked movies have "no referer".

Normally I would expect my .htaccess to work like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://.*mydomain\.com*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.mov$ http://www.mydomain.com/forbidden.mov [R,L]

But it does not work like this because on some browsers I _never_ receive a request with mydomain.com as a referer.

Instead I have to do it like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://.*mydomain\.com*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.mov$ http://www.mydomain.com/forbidden.mov [R,L]

But this is dangerous because every user entering my .mov URL directly would get the movie.

x3m · 03-15-2003, 04:13 AM

We have the solution. Let me know if you have any questions. [email protected]

jennycards · 03-15-2003, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by x3m
We have the solution. Let me know if you have any questions. [email protected]

Thank you ... going to check it out.

03-15-2003, 03:23 AM	#1
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03-15-2003, 03:27 AM	#2
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	do you mean if you have your QT movies in a password protected directory that if I have the URL of the movie file I can see it without being prompted for a username and password? never noticed that. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

03-15-2003, 03:42 AM	#3
jennycards Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: European Union Posts: 1,124	No, it means that when I have a .htaccess file that tries to test for hotlinked movies I am not able to catch "no referers" because even properly linked movies have "no referer". Normally I would expect my .htaccess to work like this: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://.mydomain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule \.mov$ http://www.mydomain.com/forbidden.mov [R,L] But it does not work like this because on some browsers I _never_ receive a request with mydomain.com as a referer. Instead I have to do it like this: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://.mydomain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule \.mov$ http://www.mydomain.com/forbidden.mov [R,L] But this is dangerous because every user entering my .mov URL directly would get the movie. __________________ Make Money with true niche programs like Adult ECards - Pantyhose Fetish - Men in Pantyhose

03-15-2003, 04:13 AM	#4
x3m Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 254	We have the solution. Let me know if you have any questions. [email protected]