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Software => HFS ~ HTTP File Server => Topic started by: crazyboris on May 13, 2012, 06:21:29 AM

Title: "stolen links"
Post by: crazyboris on May 13, 2012, 06:21:29 AM

dont know how to explain this , but i'll try.

me : user A
the one copying my links : user B
some one just surfing the web : user C

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user A has a hfs page with stuff on it.

user B go there and copy some downloadlinks and put on his own web page.

user C visits user B's page and klick download links , but the links points to my page.
user C probebly never notice that he is infact downloading from user A (me)

now to my question.
is there a way to prevent user C to directly download files from me visiting user B's page.

i want it to be like this.
user C clicks on user B's links user C is redirected to my "index page" instead of just downloading the file.

hope you understand what i meen.

Title: Re: "stolen links"
Post by: MarkV on May 13, 2012, 06:41:45 AM

Quote

dont know how to explain this , but i'll try.

That's called hotlinking or leeching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotlinking

I have not used HFS in a very long time, but you would need to check the HTTP referer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referrer) of their browsers and block the download if the referer is either empty (blocked) or does not originate from your page.

Anybody knowing how to do it? Please respond! :P

Title: Re: "stolen links"
Post by: rejetto on May 13, 2012, 02:07:44 PM

menu > limits > allowed referer

there you write the address of websites allowed to link your files. Ensure to include just your own address :)

Title: Re: "stolen links"
Post by: crazyboris on May 16, 2012, 05:51:27 PM

thankyou.

i will try that.