[vb3] Help me to prevent and find the leakers

[D4rk_Sh00t3r]

Hello,
I run forum which only active members can download premium articles, but my articles are getting leaked to other sites. I provide direct download link so they post it in other forum same like that. How i can find them. ?

[Simon Lloyd]

In your cpanel use leech protection and hotlink protection this way the content is only available via your site, but whats to stop these people downloading the content and posting it elsewhere?, unfortunately this is the world we live in :(

[HMBeaty]

In your cpanel use leech protection and hotlink protection this way the content is only available via your site, but whats to stop these people downloading the content and posting it elsewhere?, unfortunately this is the world we live in :(
Agreed. There's really no possible way to stop this... welcome to the internet :p

[souperman]

Yes there is....You can create a php download script that requires the user to be a member of your board (you can specify the conditions). If the user is validated, then the php script will throw the correct headers and the user will download the file. The user will never know the real location of the file (assuming you at least try to make it hard).

[HMBeaty]

Yes there is....You can create a php download script that requires the user to be a member of your board (you can specify the conditions). If the user is validated, then the php script will throw the correct headers and the user will download the file. The user will never know the real location of the file (assuming you at least try to make it hard).
And if a legit user downloads the script, then it's free game for whoever else wants it...

Legit user: "I just downloaded xxxxx"
Users friend: "Cool, can I get a copy of that?"
Legit user: "Sure, here you go"
Users friend: "Sweet, let me put it up on xyz.com so everyone can download it :p"

and so on, and so on....so no, it's not possible to stop it.

[Simon Lloyd]

HM, you're right even if he used cURL or fsocket to check for the existance of a host file or ID number these can still be passed on, i suppose the only way would be to implement that and make sure that it was IP specific but is his content THAT valuable to go to all that trouble and P**s his users off because they always have to be at the PC they registered with to download stuff? i think not :)

[HMBeaty]

HM, you're right even if he used cURL or fsocket to check for the existance of a host file or ID number these can still be passed on, i suppose the only way would be to implement that and make sure that it was IP specific but is his content THAT valuable to go to all that trouble and P**s his users off because they always have to be at the PC they registered with to download stuff? i think not :)
That and they can do just like all these other sites do (that I will not name) and remove all the callback, etc features (like un-named site does with vBulletin, xenForo, etc) so it wouldn't even be able to be detected anywhere. Just takes knowledge....or money....or sometimes both

[Max Taxable]

It sounds to me as if the OP merely wants to identify, not necessarily stop - his "leakers." Presumably so he can kick them off his board. Might be looking for a mod that shows which users downloaded what files?