How do i Avoid Hotlinking and Leechers?

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    Now that i got a download area up, i would hate to find my bw being used up by leechers. how do i avoid that?
     
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  2. ansi

    ansi Well-Known Member

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    you can do it though mod_rewrite and .htaccess to ensure that the request is coming from your domain.

    
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|exe|zip|rar)$ - [F]
    Code (markup):
     
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    hobodude666 Peon

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    .htaccess in the root directory?
    is it possible to modify the php.ini?
    and my joomla uploading keeps sayng "Connection to server reset"
    i set my php.ini maxtime to 2 hrs, but it still say that.
    It seems like my htaccess file is a text. Im assuming i shudnt make it .htaccess
    does godaddy have hotlink protection like cpanelx?
     
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