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'''Hot linking''' | '''Hot linking''' | ||
What is hot linking? It's when someone links to some content on your server and uses your server to deliver the goods. It could be images or any non-html objects. They are effectively stealing your bandwidth at your expense. | What is hot linking? It's when someone else links to some content on your server and uses your server to deliver the goods. It could be images or any non-html objects. They are effectively stealing your bandwidth at your expense. | ||
Uniform Server has mod-rewrite enabled, allowing you to rewrite the requested URL on-the-fly based on configuration directives and rules. It's as complex as it sounds. I found this code on the Internet which prevents hot linking to images on your site. | The Uniform Server has mod-rewrite enabled, allowing you to rewrite the requested URL on-the-fly based on configuration directives and rules. It's as complex as it sounds. I found this code on the Internet which prevents hot linking to images on your site. | ||
Just pop this code into your root .htaccess file for global effect, or a sub- | Just pop this code into your root .htaccess file for global effect, or a sub-directory to localise the effect to just one section of your site: | ||
== Serve a broken image == | == Serve a broken image == | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category: Apache Configuration]] | ||