Protect avatars and attachments using mod_rewrite

[DenzoForums]

I posted this over at vbulletin.com also, but i got pointed to an old thread that didn't have a working answer.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19021

Anybody here know how to do this with htaccess?

Thanks
Dave

[DenzoForums]

Anybody??? I need some help with this..

Thanks
Dave

[Liquid1ce]

make a file called .htaccess & add the following then upload to your root dir

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://ServerIP/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://ServerIP$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://YourSite.org/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://YourSite.org$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.YourSite.org/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.YourSite.org$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp|zip|rar|mpg|mp3)$ http://www.SomeOtherSite.org/Theif.gif [R,NC]

The RewriteRule Are the extensions you want protected

[DenzoForums]

OK.. I will give it a whirl.. but how do i findmy ip address? My host seems to be sleeping at the wheel, and never answers my requests for help..

note to self: Must look into new hosting company.

Thanks Dave

[Sketch]

Windows > Start > Run > cmd

ping www.yourdomain.com

[DenzoForums]

Originally Posted by Sketch

Windows > Start > Run > cmd

ping www.yourdomain.com

Thanks for the ip..
.. now how do i test this to see if it works.

i tried [img] place my url for image here? [/img] .. but this doens;t seem to work. I still see the picture..

EDIT - Also where am i putting this? I put it oin the root for my domain..
Thanks
Dave

[DenzoForums]

this is using the img tag.. it show as a link, instead of showing the image.. any reason?

1 more try..



OK.. this is not working either then..

[Liquid1ce]

have you set in admincp to allow the [ img ] tag ?

also http://www.bytenix.net Have VERY Cheap hosting if your after new hosting

[DenzoForums]

Originally Posted by Liquid1ce

have you set in admincp to allow the [ img ] tag ?

Why would this matter? I am trying to protect my images from hotlinking to someone elses websites. as you can see in the post above, i was able to display an image hosted on my site directly in the post above. The .htaccess mod doesn;t seem to be protecting my image.

Thanks
Dave
P.S. I will look at the host. Do you host there? Are they in the U.S? how's the support?

[Liquid1ce]

RewriteEngine needs to be on

& you'll see the image as you have the cookie from your site-

As for the hosting yes im hosting there & support is very good
the servers are in the us yea