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lux_interior · 06-17-2004, 10:42 AM

I'm having a fucking nightmare at the moment with damn Korean hotlinkers. I had a regular .htaccess file that is supposed to block hotlinking but it obvioulsy didnt' work because I noticed one Korean site was hitting me to the tune of 25K a day!!!

So I also added a line to block that specific url and it seemed to work but I also inadvertently blocked genuine surfers and seemed to piss off a few list owners inadvertently into the bargain.

I know .htaccess isn't foolproof and can accidentally block people who's browser/firewall doens't send any valid HTTP_REFERER so what the fuck should I do?

As it stands I've just blocked this one url at the moment and I hope that works but I'd rather find a better long term solution.

Any suggestions on how I can block the hotlinkers whitout blocking genuine traffic?

Thanks

Lux

lux_interior · 06-17-2004, 10:57 AM

anybody got any clues?

Lux

skinnay · 06-17-2004, 11:19 AM

do you have mod_rewrite? where in hawaii are you? i used to live on oahu. if you want them to pay, there is smurf.c

lux_interior · 06-17-2004, 11:38 AM

Thanks for the reply.

I live in downtown Honolulu at the moment.

Yes I have mod rewrite and my current .htaccess looks like this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://mansal.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|GIF|jpg|JPG|png|PNG)$ - [F]
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.pornliving.com/index2.php?webid=1431

Not sure what smurf.c is can you tell me more?

Thanks

Lux

Spudstr · 06-17-2004, 11:42 AM

you know whats joyful.. when they hotlink you and put a blah.gif?234.1222123123 on it. have fun trying to block that

got DOS'd the other day where they thought it would be cute to hahahahahahahahahaha it.. and reload every second with new random numbers in its place.. reallll cute.. alarmed me when my bandwidth went from 8 mbit to 32mbit in about 4 minutes :-/

kaktusan · 06-18-2004, 12:02 PM

What are the koreans hotlinking from your site?
Pics or movies..because the .htaccess rule you have is for images...not for movies...

06-17-2004, 10:42 AM	#1
lux_interior Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 366	Fucking Hotlinking Bastards!!! I'm having a fucking nightmare at the moment with damn Korean hotlinkers. I had a regular .htaccess file that is supposed to block hotlinking but it obvioulsy didnt' work because I noticed one Korean site was hitting me to the tune of 25K a day!!! So I also added a line to block that specific url and it seemed to work but I also inadvertently blocked genuine surfers and seemed to piss off a few list owners inadvertently into the bargain. I know .htaccess isn't foolproof and can accidentally block people who's browser/firewall doens't send any valid HTTP_REFERER so what the fuck should I do? As it stands I've just blocked this one url at the moment and I hope that works but I'd rather find a better long term solution. Any suggestions on how I can block the hotlinkers whitout blocking genuine traffic? Thanks Lux __________________ Join Asian Xtreme Top List Dump your links at FuckPile.com

06-17-2004, 10:57 AM	#2
lux_interior Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 366	anybody got any clues? Lux __________________ Join Asian Xtreme Top List Dump your links at FuckPile.com

06-17-2004, 11:19 AM	#3
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06-17-2004, 11:38 AM	#4
lux_interior Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 366	Thanks for the reply. I live in downtown Honolulu at the moment. Yes I have mod rewrite and my current .htaccess looks like this RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://mansal.net/.$ [NC] RewriteRule .\.(gif\|GIF\|jpg\|JPG\|png\|PNG)$ - [F] ErrorDocument 404 http://www.pornliving.com/index2.php?webid=1431 Not sure what smurf.c is can you tell me more? Thanks Lux __________________ Join Asian Xtreme Top List Dump your links at FuckPile.com

06-17-2004, 11:42 AM	#5
Spudstr Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In a Tater Patch Posts: 2,321	you know whats joyful.. when they hotlink you and put a blah.gif?234.1222123123 on it. have fun trying to block that got DOS'd the other day where they thought it would be cute to hahahahahahahahahaha it.. and reload every second with new random numbers in its place.. reallll cute.. alarmed me when my bandwidth went from 8 mbit to 32mbit in about 4 minutes :-/ __________________ Managed Hosting - Colocation - Network Services Yellow Fiber Networks icq: 19876563

06-18-2004, 12:02 PM	#6
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