How do YOU protect your movie files from hotlinkers? - GoFuckYourself.com

Undutchable · 12-03-2002, 10:03 AM

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I've just spoken to my host and they said htaccess protection is pretty much useless. He mentioned something about cookie protection. What do you guys use to protect yourselves??

rdunn404 · 12-03-2002, 10:06 AM

Why protect movies when you can give them away for free!

Undutchable · 12-03-2002, 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by rdunn404
Why protect movies when you can give them away for free!

As long as it's not on the bandwidth I paid for

Brad Gosse · 12-03-2002, 10:54 AM

.htaccess has a cookie validator that has stopped most of my hotlinking problems.

Put your movie menu page in an .htaccess protected folder using Mod_rewrite

You have to use Javascript (or PHP) to set the cookie on the movie menu page, then put the movies in a different folder using .htaccess cookie protection.

Javascript to set cookie. (will need the begin and end script tags not posted because it doesn't show up)

SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript"
document.cookie = "id=valid; path=/"

.htaccess file text

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([a-z0-9-]+\.)*yourdomain.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(^|(.+;)*)id=valid(;.*|$)
RewriteRule /* http://www.yourdomain.com/ [R,L]

Madball · 12-03-2002, 11:05 AM

I just manually rename clips + change the HTMLs accordingly.

Sometimes have to do it 3 times a day, but this helps keeping off those .ru hotlinkers. Works!

MichaelH · 12-03-2002, 11:34 AM

Manually renaming clips and htmls would get yourself blacklisted everywhere, if you work on submitted galleries.

Very few sites still allow this, for the only courtesy that they rip off free webspace accounts and content instead of paying for their bandwidth (and content).

Anyways, the other suggestions are pretty good concerning the javascript + cookie solution, but unfortunatelly most sites have javascript or php banned for gallery submitting.

As a movie gallerymaker, i've been struggling with this problem for very expensive internities until someone could help me with a custom effective solution.

If seriously interested, check my sig.
Michael

Master_Yoba · 12-03-2002, 11:56 AM

We have a script for renaming. 2-3 times per hour it changes names of all our movies and pictures. It looks like "6596266453de23d99c7143.jpg" for example. Yes, it's paysite. As for our hosted galleries we do nothing but copyright images&clips.

Undutchable · 12-03-2002, 11:59 AM

Im definitely interested Michael, Andre told me to get a hold of you but I haven't seen you online on ICQ yet. Please contact me, 11915886, we spoke before so I might still be on your list

Backov · 12-03-2002, 12:12 PM

If you're submitting galleries, you're pretty much fuxored. You have to play by the tgp nazis rules.

For anything else, there's lots of ways to protect movies. I think the cookie/htaccess solution is pretty lame myself.

Our links are good for 45 minutes, and they change gracefully, so if you're on a page that's less than 45 minutes old, you'll always have a good link.

After 45 minutes the links 404 and they get redirected to wherever I want them to go. We make a decent amount of money when stupid people hotlink our movies. ;>

Cheers,
Backov

12-03-2002, 10:03 AM	#1
Undutchable Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,217	How do YOU protect your movie files from hotlinkers? See topic I've just spoken to my host and they said htaccess protection is pretty much useless. He mentioned something about cookie protection. What do you guys use to protect yourselves??

12-03-2002, 10:54 AM	#4
Brad Gosse Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carpal Tunnel Posts: 2,616	.htaccess has a cookie validator that has stopped most of my hotlinking problems. Put your movie menu page in an .htaccess protected folder using Mod_rewrite You have to use Javascript (or PHP) to set the cookie on the movie menu page, then put the movies in a different folder using .htaccess cookie protection. Javascript to set cookie. (will need the begin and end script tags not posted because it doesn't show up) SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" document.cookie = "id=valid; path=/" .htaccess file text RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([a-z0-9-]+\.)yourdomain.com/ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(^\|(.+;))id=valid(;.\|$) RewriteRule / http://www.yourdomain.com/ [R,L] __________________ Free Clipart

12-03-2002, 11:34 AM	#6
MichaelH Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ever heard of Grunnn??? Posts: 130	Manually renaming clips and htmls would get yourself blacklisted everywhere, if you work on submitted galleries. Very few sites still allow this, for the only courtesy that they rip off free webspace accounts and content instead of paying for their bandwidth (and content). Anyways, the other suggestions are pretty good concerning the javascript + cookie solution, but unfortunatelly most sites have javascript or php banned for gallery submitting. As a movie gallerymaker, i've been struggling with this problem for very expensive internities until someone could help me with a custom effective solution. If seriously interested, check my sig. Michael __________________ Fresh AND Converting : TRY and SEE the results for yourself! THIS will change your webmaster's life! Protect yourself against MOVIE HOTLINKERS + EXCELLENT Hosting under 0.30/gig! Page me on ICQ : 146920758 \| QUALITY GALLERY SPOTS HERE Last edited by MichaelH; 12-03-2002 at 11:37 AM..

12-03-2002, 11:56 AM	#7
Master_Yoba Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dagobah Posts: 1,273	We have a script for renaming. 2-3 times per hour it changes names of all our movies and pictures. It looks like "6596266453de23d99c7143.jpg" for example. Yes, it's paysite. As for our hosted galleries we do nothing but copyright images&clips. __________________ WATCH MORE PORN

12-03-2002, 12:12 PM	#9
Backov Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cat Detector Van Posts: 1,600	If you're submitting galleries, you're pretty much fuxored. You have to play by the tgp nazis rules. For anything else, there's lots of ways to protect movies. I think the cookie/htaccess solution is pretty lame myself. Our links are good for 45 minutes, and they change gracefully, so if you're on a page that's less than 45 minutes old, you'll always have a good link. After 45 minutes the links 404 and they get redirected to wherever I want them to go. We make a decent amount of money when stupid people hotlink our movies. ;> Cheers, Backov __________________ <embed src="http://banners.spotbrokers.com/button.swf" FlashVars="clickURL=http://banners.spotbrokers.com" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="120" height="60"></embed>

12-03-2002, 10:06 AM	#2
rdunn404 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 999	Why protect movies when you can give them away for free!

12-03-2002, 11:05 AM	#5
Madball Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 748	I just manually rename clips + change the HTMLs accordingly. Sometimes have to do it 3 times a day, but this helps keeping off those .ru hotlinkers. Works!

12-03-2002, 11:59 AM	#8
Undutchable Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,217	Im definitely interested Michael, Andre told me to get a hold of you but I haven't seen you online on ICQ yet. Please contact me, 11915886, we spoke before so I might still be on your list