Let's say I've got a group of AVI, MPG, and ZIP files in a directory, and I only want users to be able to download them if they are on my website (and not clicking on a link to the file that someone posted on another site). What would be the best way to go about this? I know there's plenty of .htaccess files to prevent this kind of bandwidth theft for images, but I'm not sure how to handle these file types.

www.anti-leech.com is a good place to start. (for ideas at the VERY least)

I would look for scrips (asp, php) to handle that. There are dozens out there. :)

look at the referrer url. If it's not your domain, then they are foreign to you, and probably linked to the file. Secure the directory, and require the stuff be retrieved from a script on your site.

Like: www.winshack.net/getfile.asp?file=sccobydoo.mpeg

when getfile.asp is run, check referrer url. If it's not Winshack.net, then server.transfer then to winshack.net's "please dont steal" page.

HI

Nikko how would i do it if there is no asp..

thanks

Originally posted by PrOsHoCk
HI

Nikko how would i do it if there is no asp..

thanks

Sorry, I'm strictly a windows/ASP guy, but I'll bet PHP has similar functionality. The anti-leech site referred to earlier might help.

If you are using linux, create a .htaccess file and place it in the root directory of your web site:

#Fill in "mydomain" with your domain name. You can add file extensions
#by adding more in the rewrite rule in the ext|ext|ext| format
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]