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# use htaccess to prevent hotlinking
thus saving bandwidth theft

s'what i do
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:51, archived)
# Not so easy if you're on a windoze server
assuming that hasn't changed
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:52, archived)
# really
/no real idea of how it works

i have had a few idiots try to use my larger animations as forum avatars before now
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:55, archived)
# It's happening to me right now with one particular forum
and I've been unable to track it down for various reasons. If I could identify the image I'd just rename it to break the link... I'm not interested in being nasty about it and normally I don't care, but we're talking about thousands of hits and I'm starting to get concerned about bandwidth.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:59, archived)
# does your stats page not have a 'referers' section?
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 23:02, archived)
# Oh yeah
that's not the problem... I know what forum it is, and they've racked up 16,099 hits this month so far. The problem is that when I go to the referring URLs, there aren't any of my images there... I've searched dozens of their pages. I just can't figure out what image they're using, and because my image server is a windows machine, I can't block their domain.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 23:07, archived)
# Not one of those forums
where you have to be a member to see the pictures?
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 23:12, archived)
# cocks
have you contacted their webmaster?
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 23:12, archived)
# i've got about 10000 hits each by myspace and thebox.bz in december
about 10% of the hits on my b3ta images are not from b3ta
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Mon 25 Feb 2008, 23:13, archived)
# I had this problem on a windoze server
the answer is to use a .ashx file (generic http handler) and check the http referrer before calling Response.WriteFile

then store all your images in the App_Data folder where they can't be linked
(I helped save b3ta! Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 0:00, archived)
# yup
me too (not that anyone would nick my stuff anyway)
(I helped save b3ta! finnbar has officially retired, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 22:53, archived)