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Dmitry85
03-31-2005, 07:39 AM
Hello,

By Anti leech I mean that no programs can download all the videos/images on my pages, programs like offline browsers. (I dont know if this is the correct term for it)

I wont to start a page with alot of pictures (1GB), but dont want that some people can download the hole page at once with some program.
This will cause alot off traffic. I wont to use a cms, I am no using e107 together with coppermine.

So do you guys know any protection against this?

Thx in advance

Corey Bryant
03-31-2005, 10:39 AM
Well leeching usually means that you are using someone else's pictures on your website but linking back to theirs, thuus taking their bandwidth.

HTACCESS might provide a way to keep offline browsers from downloading some things but not all. A browser is used to download files from the server everytiime you go to the internet. So someone could go thru your site (building a webbot) and downloading everything that way.

Dmitry85
03-31-2005, 02:51 PM
Thx for the reply
I have hotlink protection enable via cpanel (so I use .htaccess)

mfonda
03-31-2005, 02:58 PM
You could use CAPTCHA's so ensure they are human.

More info, and easy CAPTCHA generation class: http://pear.php.net/package/Text_CAPTCHA