something to stop flash thieves?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by sp360, Mar 13, 2008.

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    Hi, i have a mediaplayer on my site, and there are sites using it to play videos on there sites. Is there a way i can make a different flash file show to that site only? for example a flash file saying that the site is stealing from mysite.com etc.?
    Thanks, SP360
     
    sp360, Mar 13, 2008 IP
  2. wassim

    wassim Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    Yes there is a way,
    use Apache modrewrite to check if the referrer is not your own server and if so redirect to any file. This will stop them.
     
    wassim, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    RoxD Active Member

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    This causes problems with people that have security software which erases the referer information. It's also very easy to spoof your referer to download the files.

    - RoxD
     
    RoxD, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    wassim Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    RoxD, if you read the thread, the guy is not worried about having the flash file downloaded, he's worried about sites embedding his flash (still on his server), so that's where my fix applies.
     
    wassim, Mar 16, 2008 IP