Coding Forum

**jeffmcsheff** · 10-09-2006, 08:35 AM

can anyone provide me with the code to put into the ht.access file to stop hotlinking to my images and downloads (.zip & rar files) . My site is www.animedls.com and i provide users with loads of downlaod files but i think people are hotlinking to my zip and rar files ?? what code do i put in to stop this happening?

many thanks

**jeffmcsheff** · 10-09-2006, 09:13 AM

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?animedls.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|js|css|zip|rar)$ - [F]

would this code work , and stop hotlinking to my zip and rar files?

**yellow1912** · 10-10-2006, 04:22 AM

What if they send a fake referer? That can be done easily with a download manager such as FlashGet

**jeffmcsheff** · 10-10-2006, 04:23 AM

ok so what do you think the code shoudl be to stop hotlinikng to my media files?

**yellow1912** · 10-10-2006, 11:41 AM

There are a few good script out there, you can check sourceforge, look for something called antileech (I dont remember the exact name). You can then store your file out of the ROOT and have the script output the files for download. It may put stress on the server tho.