Hotlinkers Stealing Bandwidth

I noticed in my awstats that certain .flv files are being accessed, I'm assuming that this is someone hotlinking. I checked all the referring sites, but none of them show any hotlinking. I'm not sure how the .flv files are being directly accessed since they're not showing up on any referring sites.

But to be on the safe side, I put the .htaccess AND the image (which I called "leachingscumbag.jpg") in the flvideo directory, yes? Or does the image go somewhere else?

@grynmoors

Code:

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RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp)$ /include/embarrasingMessage.jpg [L,NC]

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change the last line to where you want it

i put mine in images folder...eg

Code:

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RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp)$ /images/leachingscumbag.jpg [L,NC]

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OK, so...lemme see if I have this straight.

In order to put the .jpg in the images directory (as the current file structure stands) then the .htaccess would say

Code:

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RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp)$ /templates/images/leachingscumbag.jpg [L,NC]

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since my images directory is inside the templates directory...is this correct?

yep thats right....basically from the web root folder

does it protect from vipers quick tags linkers?

if not, there is some way to get rid off vipers quick tag stealers?

I know about 1 sites that gets 20000 uniques/day thanks to stealing videos using that wp plugin :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Hello Guys,
Can someone explain me how do i just encript my videos so when the users go on the Temp File to check the video they won't see it.
I just want to ban my videos for being copy, PERIOD!
Any help will be very much appreciated.
I try to understand you leaching explaination but in vain, i can't get trou it.
Thank you

They will know what the .flv file is simply by looking at the page source. Google "source code encrypter" if you want to hide the source code. Not sure how this will work with vShare tho. Maybe encrypt the tpl files...dunno. Never tried it myself but willing to experiment. Best advice is if you don't want *anything* copied from the internet, then don't put it there to begin with, because anything is "copy-able". All they also have to do is run something like a screen recorder software and copy it that way. There's ways around it, believe me and even if you go thru all this trouble, they will still copy if they *really* want it.

The main thing about this thread is to stop people from directly linking to your videos and thereby stealing your bandwidth..which YOU have to pay for and they don't.

create an .htaccess document and put this in it (change the YOURDOMAIN.com to your domain name) and put it in your flvideo folder:

Code:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?YOURDOMAIN.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp|js|css|jpg|jpe?g|gif|wmv|avi)$ /templates/images/logo.jpg [L,NC]

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Instead of them being able to hotlink to your video, all they will get is your site logo.

UPDATE: Tried encrypting index.tpl and it doesn't work. smarty errors abound.

Thank you very much for the tip grynmoors.
Tested and it works fine.

Mniang70

Not working for me! :(

the .htaccess I posted is in your flvideo folder, yes? You changed the "YOURDOMAIN.com" to the actual name of your domain, yes? Your logo is called "logo.jpg" and is in the templates/images folder, yes?

For troubleshooting see http://www.devpapers.com/article/242