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Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 15:25
by Stoker
Post the content of the htaccess file you uploaded.

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 15:28
by martin123456
Take a link from your forum ie: a file or image then go here http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=26

and make a post but dont post it just preview it and click the link in the preview :D thats how i tested mine with 100% good results.

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 15:54
by martin123456
You have installed it wrong after joining up every image is from what i can see is hotlinked protected or

you have the symptoms of using other sites images and they have just installed the hotlink mod and in return you get the image

uninstall it and read the first post here a few times

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 21:42
by Terr0r
the images that I have on my forum that is made by my self and state on my computer

this is the code that state in the htaccess

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+.)?http://phpbb.grandtheftcrime.nl/index.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*.(php)$ ../stop.gif [L]

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 21:43
by Stoker
Delete: index.php

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 21:50
by Terr0r
okay I have do that but noting is changing take a look

now I get this

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+.)?http://phpbb.grandtheftcrime.nl/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*.(php)$ ../stop.gif [L]

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 21:53
by Stoker
Try:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+.)?grandtheftcrime.nl/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*.(php)$ ../stop.gif [L]

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 21:59
by Terr0r
I have now this

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    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+.)?grandtheftcrime.nl/ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
    RewriteRule .*.(php)$ ../stop.gif [L]
look this or take a look on my forum

http://phpbb.grandtheftcrime.nl/download/file.php?id=29

EDIT
I think it is working

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 22:01
by Stoker
It works terror. Visit a topic to see your avatar. Click CTRL + F5 to refresh the browser.

Prevent Hotlinking and Bandwidth Theft

Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 22:03
by Terr0r
I have already refresht my broweser it is working thanks Stoker :thumb: