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Is there anyway to stop people from hotlingking flash files?

I got hijacked by chinese leachers. need help asap..

setup some streaming instead... simple php streaming can do the trick for most hotlinking.

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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls (Post 14919682)

just flash?

yes, flash videos.

Can't you have your host block the requesting referrers?

make your site the only referral. also would block chinese ips.

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Originally Posted by sfera (Post 14919703)

make your site the only referral. also would block chinese ips.

is there any way to block any hotlinking of all flash files, not just chinese?

YEah there is. We had the same issue. Our host did something about it. Like a htaccess kinda thing

You can use referral blocking (mod_rewrite type of stuff) and it's generally "good enough" for a casual deterrent.

However, many browsers do *not* send a refferer header string for flash movie content, thus you cannot truly rely on it. Most sites won't bother hotlinking though, when 30-60% or whatever traffic doesn't get a good pageload.

The best way to do it is via secure download tokens, like lighttpd's mod_securedownload and about 5,000 others. Basically, you have your PHP code generate a link to the movie with a hash, using a shared secret. Your webserver then checks to ensure that this hash is valid prior to serving the file in question.

If both the PHP and the static files (.flv) are hosted on the same webserver instance, you can use a myriad of off-the-shelf anti-hotlink products. Nearly anything on the market.

If they are hosted elsewhere, most products will no longer work - and you'll want something like the hash sharing mechanism outlined above.

As for PHP "streaming" - yeah, if you want to do about 1/100th of what the server can actually push, sure :) Running static files through PHP is a horrible idea, unless you simply don't have enough traffic for it to matter and it's the easiest solution for your particular developers.

Regards,

-Phil

Try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yoursite.com(/)?.*$ [NC]

RewriteRule .*.(jpg|flv)$ - [NC,F]

Found it on Google, I haven't tested it though.

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Originally Posted by Voodoo (Post 14919799)

Try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yoursite.com(/)?.*$ [NC]

RewriteRule .*.(jpg|flv)$ - [NC,F]

Found it on Google, I haven't tested it though.

yup.. although that includes jpg's..

i use a similar code on all of our servers for mainly jpg's and gif.. to keep bandwidth down..

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Originally Posted by Voodoo (Post 14919799)

Try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yoursite.com(/)?.*$ [NC]

RewriteRule .*.(jpg|flv)$ - [NC,F]

this code doesnt protect flv hotlinking on firefox... ive tried it.

Listen to Phil21..

He's the one who PERSONALLY helped me and fixed our problem.

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Originally Posted by Phil21 (Post 14919752)

Great post Phil :thumbsup

i was thiking htaccess but Phil21 seems to have a better way for sure.

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Originally Posted by fujiko (Post 14919947)

this code doesnt protect flv hotlinking on firefox... ive tried it.

this has nothing to do with firefox LOL.. this is related to the server

(FYI: the yoursite.com is the site(s) you will allow to hotlink)

(instead of using it in htaccess i use it in a separate server-wide rules file..)

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Originally Posted by Phil21 (Post 14919752)

Exactly what we have been using for years. Something about sessions is all I remember when our programmers explained it.