More Hotlinkers...will it ever end? - GoFuckYourself.com

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 12:14 AM

Just anoter message board that has shit loads of stolen hotlinked images.
http://www.badassmofo.com

It's a small site, but still cost me a gig of transfer this month. That almost $2.00 I know it's not much, but it's the principal involved.

The forum adin has a banner to a CEN program, do you think CEN would be willing do do anything about these guys? Im going to write a letter tomorrow, just because I have nothing better to do.

TFCash · 06-05-2001, 12:20 AM

Exxxotica -

Just use .htaccess

If everyone just learned to put a couple of lines of code into the .htaccess file this would all go away !!! No more hotlinkers

Tim

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 12:28 AM

Not so easy

Ive got about 150 different directories, each containing various gallerys and images.

Two of my directories, I use to host images for my other websites. (ive got a good hosting plan)

I there a way to prevent hotlinking in all but 2 directories?

And do I have to place a htaccess file into each and every directory I want protected?

How does this work? I just wrote my hosting company, to see if they could help me out.

Im a dunce when it comes to this tech stuff. The last time I messed with a htaccess file, trying to redirect 404's, I ended up taking my site off line for 12 hrs! Not to smart ehh?

RedShoe · 06-05-2001, 12:32 AM

Be a little more specific. Post the page that they are hotlinking from.

Exxxotica, ICQ me.

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* ICQ : 114683191

RedShoe · 06-05-2001, 12:45 AM

Wow, you two posted at the same time as I did.

I learned Htaccess the hard way. Which is that someone hotlinked me as well.

I think I was set up the same way you are Exx, I have all my images in different directories.
After some thought I think keping all my images in one main directory is best.

I'm slowly going thru the process of putting all my images into one directory, and changing links to point to their new location. I figure I better do this before I end up with 150 pages.

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* uSexFan.com
* ICQ : 114683191

TFCash · 06-05-2001, 01:41 AM

If you do something like this in your main html directory it should protect everything below in all the sub directories.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://name.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.name.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://255.255.255.255/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://name.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.name.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://255.255.255.255/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ - [F]

You can also add other domains by just making another set of lines with all 3 of their options with "www", with out "www", and the IP # of the domain. If you tell me all the domains that you want to be able to link from, I'll make the exact .htaccess file for you and post it back here

Tim

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 02:10 AM

That would be so Cool!!!

I need to be able to link from...
http://www.exotic-princess.com

http://www.sexstarmovies.com

Thanks so much!!!

[This message has been edited by Exxxotica (edited 06-05-2001).]

Muff · 06-05-2001, 02:40 AM

this one is good aswell

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www\.yourdomain\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://yourdomain\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://64.88.185.39.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*[Jj][Pp][Gg]$|.*[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ http://www.bannerfarm/links.shtml
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.bannerfarm.com/links.shtml
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.bannerfarm.com/links.shtml
Options -Indexes

it will stop them from directory browsing where there is no index files. and redirect your 404 and 403 to wherever.

Muff

TFCash · 06-05-2001, 03:43 AM

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://exotic-princess.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.exotic-princess.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.122/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sexstarmovies.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sexstarmovies.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.145/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://exotic-princess.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.exotic-princess.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.122/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sexstarmovies.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sexstarmovies.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.145/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ - [F]

Sharkey · 06-05-2001, 10:35 AM

Or you could've just e-mailed me, the webmaster. The forum kiddies link to a lot of stuff, usually from geocities accounts, but occasionally from sites like yours. If you want them taken down, you can just e-mail me and ask, I'd be happy to do it.

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Sharkey
Head Badass
http://www.badassmofo.com

UnseenWorld · 06-05-2001, 10:50 AM

Here's another one who abuses copyright. I'm not sure about hotlinking:

http://www.pornfornerds.com/

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Producer of truly original teen/young woman-oriented adult content at Wonders of the Unseen World

shunga · 06-05-2001, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Exxxotica:
And do I have to place a htaccess file into each and every directory I want protected?

The .htaccess file will protect sub-directories, too.

PornoJames · 06-05-2001, 11:28 AM

You all missed the biggest hotlinking
assholes. Go to gozilla.com and search
for jenna or any other photos.

This site hotlinks right to mpeg, jpg,
gif and any other files you have for free.

If you write them into htaccess the bastards
flip to a proxy server. Ya just cant stop
them. I asked my server company for help
but they dont give a shit.

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharkey:
Or you could've just e-mailed me, the webmaster. The forum kiddies link to a lot of stuff, usually from geocities accounts, but occasionally from sites like yours. If you want them taken down, you can just e-mail me and ask, I'd be happy to do it.

Looks like you found your way here quick. Thanks for taking the time to post.

The htaccess should take care of my problem.
It's more of a problem of a little hotlinking here, and a little there...from various sites. By the end of the month it adds up

aprilkorova · 06-05-2001, 12:06 PM

Did you guys read through the "pie" section of the forum? Hotlinking is rampant but I was more upset about all the hacking their were doing.

The one started as "Professional" is about 600 posts and it's all about hacking password sites (they did it a few times and then posted the links), detailed instructions on how to do it complete with word lists, how to become an adult webmaster and cheat sponsors, surfers, trades, etc.

Those Shits. Got my blood pressure up.

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the file Hardcore,

but my site seems to get an iternal server error when I place it in there

Any suggestions?

PornoJames · 06-05-2001, 02:02 PM

Your getting a server error because hardcore
only gave you part of the code. It should
not end with a carriage return. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/
This is the URL of a free program editor.
(download and install it then open the file)
When you highlight your code in the htaccess
youll see something that looks like a "top
hat" on it's side. Thats a carriage return.
Use your backspace and remove the very last carriage return.

TFCash · 06-05-2001, 02:41 PM

Either that or email me at [email protected] and I will email you back the code that came off my linux box with no extra spaces or linefeeds

Tim

Exxxotica · 06-05-2001, 04:38 PM

I really appreciate everybodys help

Thanks a Bunch!!!

I ended up writing my hosting company, and they put in a .htaccess file which took care of every thing! Just like that! Why didnt I do this months ago?

Now if sombody trys to view a hotlinked image, they get redirected back to a URL of my choice. Can we say "Auto Dialer Download"

RedShoe · 06-05-2001, 07:36 PM

Hey Sharkey,

Why do you allow them to continue posting?

"The forum kiddies link to a lot of stuff, usually from geocities accounts, but occasionally from sites like yours. If you want them taken down, you can just e-mail me and ask, I'd be happy to do it."

First, I followed this thread to badass, and "pie" sounded just like a bunch of underage people posting copyrighted photos.

You just admitted that you know that people are posting stolen images on your site.

Why don't you just stop it? Ban their IP # if they hotlink. Pull the photos immediately. Why should a webmaster have to wait to be hit with a bill before you do anything?

[This message has been edited by RedShoe (edited 06-05-2001).]

Sharkey · 06-06-2001, 11:46 AM

Well, first reason is because people leech of my bandwidth all the time, and I usually don't care. If it's something big I'll talk to the webmaster about it, but otherwise I let it slide.

But primarily, it's just too much effort for something that's (so far) pissed off all of three people. Like I said, this stuff is usually through geocities accounts or personal websites. But since I don't make a dime off my site, and it's just a hobby, to police my forum and question the source of every single image that somebody linked to would take all damn day. And since I have a real job and a real life, I don't exactly have the time.

Like I said, if anything pisses anyone off, they can come to me, and I'll remove it. Simple as that.

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Sharkey
Head Badass
http://www.badassmofo.com

ElvisManson · 06-06-2001, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by aprilkorova:
Did you guys read through the "pie" section of the forum? Hotlinking is rampant but I was more upset about all the hacking their were doing.

The one started as "Professional" is about 600 posts and it's all about hacking password sites (they did it a few times and then posted the links), detailed instructions on how to do it complete with word lists, how to become an adult webmaster and cheat sponsors, surfers, trades, etc.

Those Shits. Got my blood pressure up.

Hey Sharkey,

Your friend Bong_Weasel blasted a Trojan onto my Computer yesterday. I spent a good part of this Morning getting rid of it.

This is the guy that wrote and posted a tutorial on how to hack Age Check Platinum sites.

Does that Qualify?

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aprilkorova · 06-06-2001, 12:27 PM

That fucking sucks Elvis,

That guy in particular got my dander up.

ElvisManson · 06-06-2001, 12:30 PM

April,

Turn on your ICQ.....

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Make Money. Period.

www.pythonvideo.com
www.dollarmachine.com

aprilkorova · 06-06-2001, 12:33 PM

Sharkey,

Do you think your forum has only pissed off 3 people? Think again. As word circulates and more webmasters trace their leaks back to you, you are going to have a shit load of webmasters pissed off.

Not that you should give a rat's ass about me, I don't know how to retaliate...but trust me, many do and they aren't going to care if you don't have the time or inclination to keep your underage little shits in line.

Sharkey · 06-06-2001, 01:17 PM

A. Bong_Weasel will be dealt with.
B. I don't quite understand what you're all so pissed at ME for. I told you, if you've got a problem with it, I'll take care of it.

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Sharkey
Head Badass
http://www.badassmofo.com

MrBrian · 06-06-2001, 01:41 PM

fight fire with fire

i had a guy hotlink my rx7 stuff off my racing page. he wouldnt take down the links, so i hotlinked his site on my freehost with 1.7M hits a day.

needless to say, his server blew up and was down for a few days. he is hosting his own images though

Exxxotica · 06-06-2001, 02:13 PM

Geez people! Let it rest.

The last thing we need are server wars. A DOS attack could easily cost any of us a lot of money. Do you really think a kid who has nothing better to do than post hacking tutorial could really loose such a war?

Let's end this peacfully.

Just do what Hardcore Hosting suggested, and place some htaccess on your server. No more hotlinking. Of course it took me several months of loosing bandwidth before I did anything about it. But when I did...it took all of 5 minutes.

You can't fight fire with fire...when the other guy is an asonist

aprilkorova · 06-06-2001, 03:37 PM

Exxxotica,

It wasn't the hotlinking I was disturbed about (no offense lol), it was the password hacking that got me angry. It was so blatant and pervasive...I know that it happens alot, it just made me angry seeing it.

Especially the AVS Gold/Platinum hacking. That is my territory. Others may be upset at the paysite stuff. All any of these kids had to do was ask this bong character to get them into so and so site and he would link back with the user name and password.

And then they started messing with my friend Elvis....

06-05-2001, 12:14 AM	#1
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	More Hotlinkers...will it ever end? Just anoter message board that has shit loads of stolen hotlinked images. http://www.badassmofo.com It's a small site, but still cost me a gig of transfer this month. That almost $2.00 I know it's not much, but it's the principal involved. The forum adin has a banner to a CEN program, do you think CEN would be willing do do anything about these guys? Im going to write a letter tomorrow, just because I have nothing better to do.

06-05-2001, 12:20 AM	#2
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	Exxxotica - Just use .htaccess If everyone just learned to put a couple of lines of code into the .htaccess file this would all go away !!! No more hotlinkers Tim

06-05-2001, 12:28 AM	#3
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	Not so easy Ive got about 150 different directories, each containing various gallerys and images. Two of my directories, I use to host images for my other websites. (ive got a good hosting plan) I there a way to prevent hotlinking in all but 2 directories? And do I have to place a htaccess file into each and every directory I want protected? How does this work? I just wrote my hosting company, to see if they could help me out. Im a dunce when it comes to this tech stuff. The last time I messed with a htaccess file, trying to redirect 404's, I ended up taking my site off line for 12 hrs! Not to smart ehh?

06-05-2001, 12:32 AM	#4
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	Be a little more specific. Post the page that they are hotlinking from. Exxxotica, ICQ me. ------------------ ...:::End Of Line:::... ------------------ * uSexFan.com * ICQ : 114683191

06-05-2001, 12:45 AM	#5
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	Wow, you two posted at the same time as I did. I learned Htaccess the hard way. Which is that someone hotlinked me as well. I think I was set up the same way you are Exx, I have all my images in different directories. After some thought I think keping all my images in one main directory is best. I'm slowly going thru the process of putting all my images into one directory, and changing links to point to their new location. I figure I better do this before I end up with 150 pages. ------------------ ...:::End Of Line:::... ------------------ * uSexFan.com * ICQ : 114683191

06-05-2001, 01:41 AM	#6
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	If you do something like this in your main html directory it should protect everything below in all the sub directories. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://name.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.name.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://255.255.255.255/.$ [NC] RewriteRule .\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]$ - [F] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://name.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.name.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://255.255.255.255/.$ [NC] RewriteRule .\.[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ - [F] You can also add other domains by just making another set of lines with all 3 of their options with "www", with out "www", and the IP # of the domain. If you tell me all the domains that you want to be able to link from, I'll make the exact .htaccess file for you and post it back here Tim

06-05-2001, 02:10 AM	#7
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	That would be so Cool!!! I need to be able to link from... http://www.exotic-princess.com http://www.sexstarmovies.com Thanks so much!!! [This message has been edited by Exxxotica (edited 06-05-2001).]

06-05-2001, 02:40 AM	#8
Muff Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,782	this one is good aswell RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www\.yourdomain\.com/ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://yourdomain\.com/ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://64.88.185.39.$ [NC] RewriteRule .[Jj][Pp][Gg]$\|.*[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ http://www.bannerfarm/links.shtml ErrorDocument 404 http://www.bannerfarm.com/links.shtml ErrorDocument 403 http://www.bannerfarm.com/links.shtml Options -Indexes it will stop them from directory browsing where there is no index files. and redirect your 404 and 403 to wherever. Muff

06-05-2001, 03:43 AM	#9
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://exotic-princess.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.exotic-princess.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.122/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sexstarmovies.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sexstarmovies.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.145/.$ [NC] RewriteRule .\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]$ - [F] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://exotic-princess.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.exotic-princess.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.122/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sexstarmovies.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sexstarmovies.com/.$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://63.209.26.145/.$ [NC] RewriteRule .\.[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ - [F]

06-05-2001, 10:35 AM	#10
Sharkey Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 3	Or you could've just e-mailed me, the webmaster. The forum kiddies link to a lot of stuff, usually from geocities accounts, but occasionally from sites like yours. If you want them taken down, you can just e-mail me and ask, I'd be happy to do it. ------------------ Sharkey Head Badass http://www.badassmofo.com

06-05-2001, 10:50 AM	#11
UnseenWorld Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 5,279	Here's another one who abuses copyright. I'm not sure about hotlinking: http://www.pornfornerds.com/ ------------------ Producer of truly original teen/young woman-oriented adult content at Wonders of the Unseen World

06-05-2001, 11:28 AM	#13
PornoJames Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: US Posts: 3	You all missed the biggest hotlinking assholes. Go to gozilla.com and search for jenna or any other photos. This site hotlinks right to mpeg, jpg, gif and any other files you have for free. If you write them into htaccess the bastards flip to a proxy server. Ya just cant stop them. I asked my server company for help but they dont give a shit.

06-05-2001, 12:06 PM	#15
aprilkorova Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 649	Did you guys read through the "pie" section of the forum? Hotlinking is rampant but I was more upset about all the hacking their were doing. The one started as "Professional" is about 600 posts and it's all about hacking password sites (they did it a few times and then posted the links), detailed instructions on how to do it complete with word lists, how to become an adult webmaster and cheat sponsors, surfers, trades, etc. Those Shits. Got my blood pressure up.

06-05-2001, 12:14 PM	#16
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	Thanks for the file Hardcore, but my site seems to get an iternal server error when I place it in there Any suggestions?

06-05-2001, 02:02 PM	#17
PornoJames Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: US Posts: 3	Your getting a server error because hardcore only gave you part of the code. It should not end with a carriage return. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ This is the URL of a free program editor. (download and install it then open the file) When you highlight your code in the htaccess youll see something that looks like a "top hat" on it's side. Thats a carriage return. Use your backspace and remove the very last carriage return.

06-05-2001, 02:41 PM	#18
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	Either that or email me at [email protected] and I will email you back the code that came off my linux box with no extra spaces or linefeeds Tim

06-05-2001, 04:38 PM	#19
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	I really appreciate everybodys help Thanks a Bunch!!! I ended up writing my hosting company, and they put in a .htaccess file which took care of every thing! Just like that! Why didnt I do this months ago? Now if sombody trys to view a hotlinked image, they get redirected back to a URL of my choice. Can we say "Auto Dialer Download"

06-05-2001, 07:36 PM	#20
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	Hey Sharkey, Why do you allow them to continue posting? "The forum kiddies link to a lot of stuff, usually from geocities accounts, but occasionally from sites like yours. If you want them taken down, you can just e-mail me and ask, I'd be happy to do it." First, I followed this thread to badass, and "pie" sounded just like a bunch of underage people posting copyrighted photos. You just admitted that you know that people are posting stolen images on your site. Why don't you just stop it? Ban their IP # if they hotlink. Pull the photos immediately. Why should a webmaster have to wait to be hit with a bill before you do anything? [This message has been edited by RedShoe (edited 06-05-2001).]

06-06-2001, 11:46 AM	#21
Sharkey Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 3	Well, first reason is because people leech of my bandwidth all the time, and I usually don't care. If it's something big I'll talk to the webmaster about it, but otherwise I let it slide. But primarily, it's just too much effort for something that's (so far) pissed off all of three people. Like I said, this stuff is usually through geocities accounts or personal websites. But since I don't make a dime off my site, and it's just a hobby, to police my forum and question the source of every single image that somebody linked to would take all damn day. And since I have a real job and a real life, I don't exactly have the time. Like I said, if anything pisses anyone off, they can come to me, and I'll remove it. Simple as that. ------------------ Sharkey Head Badass http://www.badassmofo.com

06-06-2001, 12:27 PM	#23
aprilkorova Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 649	That fucking sucks Elvis, That guy in particular got my dander up.

06-06-2001, 12:30 PM	#24
ElvisManson Looking California Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 5,476	April, Turn on your ICQ..... ------------------ Make Money. Period. www.pythonvideo.com www.dollarmachine.com

06-06-2001, 12:33 PM	#25
aprilkorova Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 649	Sharkey, Do you think your forum has only pissed off 3 people? Think again. As word circulates and more webmasters trace their leaks back to you, you are going to have a shit load of webmasters pissed off. Not that you should give a rat's ass about me, I don't know how to retaliate...but trust me, many do and they aren't going to care if you don't have the time or inclination to keep your underage little shits in line.

06-06-2001, 01:17 PM	#26
Sharkey Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 3	A. Bong_Weasel will be dealt with. B. I don't quite understand what you're all so pissed at ME for. I told you, if you've got a problem with it, I'll take care of it. ------------------ Sharkey Head Badass http://www.badassmofo.com

06-06-2001, 01:41 PM	#27
MrBrian Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,215	fight fire with fire i had a guy hotlink my rx7 stuff off my racing page. he wouldnt take down the links, so i hotlinked his site on my freehost with 1.7M hits a day. needless to say, his server blew up and was down for a few days. he is hosting his own images though

06-06-2001, 02:13 PM	#28
Exxxotica Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oregun Posts: 4,396	Geez people! Let it rest. The last thing we need are server wars. A DOS attack could easily cost any of us a lot of money. Do you really think a kid who has nothing better to do than post hacking tutorial could really loose such a war? Let's end this peacfully. Just do what Hardcore Hosting suggested, and place some htaccess on your server. No more hotlinking. Of course it took me several months of loosing bandwidth before I did anything about it. But when I did...it took all of 5 minutes. You can't fight fire with fire...when the other guy is an asonist

06-06-2001, 03:37 PM	#29
aprilkorova Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 649	Exxxotica, It wasn't the hotlinking I was disturbed about (no offense lol), it was the password hacking that got me angry. It was so blatant and pervasive...I know that it happens alot, it just made me angry seeing it. Especially the AVS Gold/Platinum hacking. That is my territory. Others may be upset at the paysite stuff. All any of these kids had to do was ask this bong character to get them into so and so site and he would link back with the user name and password. And then they started messing with my friend Elvis....