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  • hausarzt
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2011
    • 818
    #1

    Prevent hotlinking with htaccess doesn't work

    Hey guys.
    A bunch of sites hotlink my media, so I wanted to prevent it with some htaccess code.
    I use wordpress, so there is a bunch of other stuff in the file. I only post the stuff I added:

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website1\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website2\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website3\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteRule \.(jpeg|JPEG|jpe|JPE|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|mng|MNG)$ - [F]
    Somehow this does not work, as the media is still present on the external sites. What's wrong with my code?
    I know, my english is bad. But your german might be even worse
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    • bugmenot4real
      Confirmed User
      • Jun 2013
      • 184
      #2
      cache? maybe?

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        • doeser
          Confirmed User
          • Jun 2001
          • 205
          #3
          nginx maybe?

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            • JesseQuinn
              feeding the wolves
              • Aug 2012
              • 6633
              #4
              Originally posted by hausarzt
              Hey guys.
              A bunch of sites hotlink my media, so I wanted to prevent it with some htaccess code.
              I use wordpress, so there is a bunch of other stuff in the file. I only post the stuff I added:

              Code:
              RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website1\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website2\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?website3\.com(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteRule \.(jpeg|JPEG|jpe|JPE|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|mng|MNG)$ - [F]
              Somehow this does not work, as the media is still present on the external sites. What's wrong with my code?
              dunno about the code but since you're on wp you can use the WP Security plugin to block hotlinking pretty easily

              hope that helps
              throwing molotav cocktails at the precinct

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                • Major (Tom)
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 32492
                  #5
                  Link Hotten!

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                    • Freedom6995
                      Friends of Venus founder
                      • Jul 2010
                      • 1975
                      #6
                      https perhaps instead of http?

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                        • plsureking
                          bored
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 4908
                          #7
                          more of a !not instead of do. i dont think you want to update your htaccess every time a new asshole starts hotlinking. if the ref is NOT your site, redirect.

                          https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/...ge-hotlinking-

                          and watch those mng files

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