Hotlink protection help (not xenforo related)

[Kaiser]

Is it better to have it on or off? Or it really dosent matter? Currently I have it turned on. I have a question, like say my avatar I have it uploaded on my forum, I link to it and put it on my avatar on other forums (http://adminbb.org/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg) Shouldnt hotlinking disable this so I cant use use it on other forums?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Paul B]

If you enable hotlink protection, then any files with the extensions you specify, won't be able to be embedded on other sites/domains.

You can optionally specify an image to replace any embedded images.

As to whether it's better on or off, that's a personal preference and largely depends on your content and how much bandwidth is utilised by other sites embedding images.

 

[Kaiser]

But as for me linking http://adminbb.org/data/avatars/l/0/1.jpg in other forums to use it for my avatar shouldnt it suppose to not work?

 

[Paul B]

You link using a URL but you can't embed.

 

[Kaiser]

Im still c0nfused, im embedding the pic above from my site into the post. Isnt that hotlinking though?

 

[Paul B]

It is.
Check the .htaccess file in your domain root.
It should contain something like this:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpeg|gif|bmp|png|jpg)$ hotlinking.jpg [L]

The last line is where you specify the file extensions and an image to display in place of any embedded files.

 

[Chromaniac]

Im still c0nfused, im embedding the pic above from my site into the post. Isnt that hotlinking though?

since i can see the image here i would say that hotlink protection is not working on your website!

 

[Kaiser]

It is.
Check the .htaccess file in your domain root.
It should contain something like this:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpeg|gif|bmp|png|jpg)$ hotlinking.jpg [L]

The last line is where you specify the file extensions and an image to display in place of any embedded files.

I have it but still not working?
What my .htacess has

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data|js|styles|install) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://adminbb.org$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.adminbb.org$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(zip|txt|pdf|png|jpg|jpeg|jpe|gif|rar)$ - [F,NC]

 

[Chromaniac]

sort of off-topic but i have been using the hotlink feature provided by cloudflare on my own site. works great.

 

[Kaiser]

sort of off-topic but i have been using the hotlink feature provided by cloudflare on my own site. works great.

O really? Good for you. Congratulations!

 

[Chromaniac]

O really? Good for you. Congratulations!

you should definitely check out their services. the free package has enough goodies to lure any one!

 

[Paul B]

Try adding RewriteEngine on above the rewrite rules and below the if statement.
As it is in my post above.