Prevent Hotlinking Via Image Display

>> Display an image when people try to steal your bandwidth

RESOURCE ADDED ON SATURDAY 01 JULY 2006, 12:12:13

Language(s): .htaccess

Description: Display an image when people try to steal your bandwidth

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain1.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain2.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
# keep adding domains as you like
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/img/stopstealing.jpe [R,NC]
# not the above image has .jpe extension not .jpg
# this prevent recursion

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Credits

This resource was written by Tim Bennett Bsc (Hons). Tim Bennett has a First Class Degree in Multimedia Systems Computing from Leeds Metropolitan University. He works as a freelance multimedia developer under the company name Texelate creating free and commissioned high-quality multimedia solutions. Find out more by visiting the portfolio section and viewing his blog. If you'd like to request a resource get in touch!