Urgent Help Needed " Bandwidth Stolen"

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    I recently saw a extreme boost in the bandwidth usage of my blog but the visitor count has not boosted.i am suspecting that a visitor of my blog has linked some image files from my server to his site which has caused this.how can i prevent my bandwidth from being stolen
     
    techjunkiez, Feb 28, 2008 IP
  2. norfstar

    norfstar Peon

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    If your hosting supports .htaccess (if it is Linux it probably does), put this in your .htaccess file:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+\.)?mydomain\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|gif|bmp|png)$ http://www.another-site-of-yours-that-is-not-protected.com/images/bitemyshinymetalass.gif [L]
    Code (markup):
    Replacing mydomain.com with your domain and the image URL specified with something that the perpetrator won't want displayed on their site.
     
    norfstar, Feb 28, 2008 IP
  3. techjunkiez

    techjunkiez Banned

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    Yes ,its a linux cpanel 11 hosting.i am using worpress and i upload all images to default upload folder.i will try your come and see if it works
     
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    maestria Well-Known Member

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    Follow the steps to prevent the hotlinking from your domain. That should stop the issue.
     
    maestria, Mar 1, 2008 IP