Yahoo as Referer(works with vb3)

This is my first hack I have made for vBulletin. It may be a simple one to some people, but atleast its a hack! :p


Hack name: Yahoo as Referer

version: 0.1

Author: Hostc

vBulletin versions: All

What this hack does: This hack will simpily add http://www.yahoo.com/* before any parsed URLs.

Example: if I posted a link to http://vbulletin.org this hack would make it http://www.yahoo.com/*http://vbulletin.org/ thus making yahoo as the referer to any logs :)



If you use this please click install :)

[lalo landa]

Hi!!: cool
thnx

but... what is this 4?

[msimplay]

whats the point of this then ?

[Hostc]

Well, you can use it so people can't link back to your site. (Since they will only see that you came from http://www.yahoo.com/

[Kriek]

Absolutely pointless :tired:

[msimplay]

Today at 09:48 AM Hostc said this in Post #4 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=424534#post424534)
Well, you can use it so people can't link back to your site. (Since they will only see that you came from http://www.yahoo.com/


ooooooh i seee dats excellent :D

so that means they can't link your images or anything thus saving bandwidth ?

[Alien]

This actually has quite a good reason to be created.

On any site that deals with coupons, or "hot deals" you don't have to worry about linking to a coupon or deal and having the company know it came from your site if I understand this correctly? On some boards, people will bypass the linking just so it has to be copied and pasted into the address field manually. Wouldn't have to do that anymore in that case I suppose?

-Jason

[msimplay]

LMAO so u mean we are trying to steal things off other sites :p

[DrkFusion]

Today at 10:32 AM Kriek said this in Post #5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=424571#post424571)
Absolutely pointless :tired:
Please respect others work, if you find it pointless then keep it to yourself, because that was rude and uncalled for.

[msimplay]

Today at 07:59 PM Keptic said this in Post #9 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=424632#post424632)
Please respect others work, if you find it pointless then keep it to yourself, because that was rude and uncalled for.


i agree rude

[Hostc]

Today at 04:50 PM msimplay said this in Post #6 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=424586#post424586)
ooooooh i seee dats excellent :D

so that means they can't link your images or anything thus saving bandwidth ?



Yes

[Hostc]

Today at 07:26 PM Alien said this in Post #7 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=424618#post424618)
This actually has quite a good reason to be created.

On any site that deals with coupons, or "hot deals" you don't have to worry about linking to a coupon or deal and having the company know it came from your site if I understand this correctly? On some boards, people will bypass the linking just so it has to be copied and pasted into the address field manually. Wouldn't have to do that anymore in that case I suppose?

-Jason


Exactly

[Hostc]

19 downloads, has anyone had any problems?

[Cloud Strife]

Are you sure this will make yahoo as a referer???
Its a great hack if it does this... Does it work in browzers such as opera etc???

[Hostc]

Yes I'm sure it makes yahoo as the referer. I do not have Opera. But I'm sure it does work with it.

[Overgrow]

However it does use a bit of Yahoo's bandwidth, so not totally innocuous...

Another reason for this is if your site deals with subjects that may or may not be illegal in various places around the world.

[alkatraz]

NICE!

If I was still in the warez forum scene this would have been perfect.

Thx for addition Hostc

[Hostc]

Yesterday at 05:26 PM Overgrow said this in Post #16 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=425449#post425449)
However it does use a bit of Yahoo's bandwidth, so not totally innocuous...

Another reason for this is if your site deals with subjects that may or may not be illegal in various places around the world.


Oh well ;) They can suffer from us using their massive bandwidth ;)

[Hostc]

Update: I will be adding intructions so you can use this for vb3.

[Rein Masamuri]

Doesn't work :S
it gives me an error

[Hostc]

Yesterday at 11:42 AM ReinMasamuri said this in Post #20 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=426785#post426785)
Doesn't work :S
it gives me an error



Please provide a little bit more info.

[lasto]

ok if add this how can we be sure it using them as the refferal and the direct links dont point back to the board.

Also can u use lets say www.google as refferer or any other site for that matter

[Hostc]

08-19-03 at 12:11 PM lasto said this in Post #22 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=427015#post427015)
ok if add this how can we be sure it using them as the refferal and the direct links dont point back to the board.

Also can u use lets say www.google as refferer or any other site for that matter


To check and see if it works you use a Log like AWstats or webalizer etc.


I'm not sure if you can do this with google... since http://google.com/*http://www.vbulletin.org/ doesn't work.

[lasto]

so because of this reffer this is no slow down on your board is there.

and every link i use with this hack will think yahoo is the referer

[Hostc]

Today at 02:47 PM lasto said this in Post #24 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=427900#post427900)
so because of this reffer this is no slow down on your board is there.

and every link i use with this hack will think yahoo is the referer



Theres no slow down to your board.

and yes it will think the link is coming from yahoo.com

[lasto]

poor yahoo LOL

is there a way they can block this in the future ?

also thinking about it will yahoo see you as being referred to by yahoo LOL

[ImportPassion]

i didn't try the hack, but the link definetly does not work, at least in the address bar or as this link
http://www.yahoo.com/*http://www.vbulletin.org/

[deamontears]

yahoo doesnt work anymore but the fallowing does.

http://en.safeurl.de/?http://www.vbulletin.org/

[dstruct2k]

Ooh! I like that SafeURL site! They seem to be designed for exactly what this hack is meant to do! :D

Forgive my ignorance but could you not just edit the [url] and the [url=x] bbcodes to get this effect?