Re: [cobalt-users] mod rewrite

[Paul Schreiber <cheesefactory@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "SunUp Media Group, Inc." <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have RAQ1's, RAQ2's and RAQ3i's and this question pertains to the
> RAQ1.
> 
> Of course, I have a handful if people hotlinking files from one of my
> virtual host clients really racking up the bandwidth charges.
> The people doing it are in Turkey and emails to the ISP's have proved
> fruitless.  I want to use mod re-write to stop them from doing
> this so that requests for files and graphics can only come from within
> the virtual site. I dont see mod rewrite modules anywhere on
> the machine.

Does mod_rewrite even do this? I was thinking the best thing for you/your
client to do is check the HTTP_REFERER and boot the user if it doesn't
match. (Do this with php/perl/python/heck, sh!.)

Mind you what you're trying to do is counteract what the web was set up
for.

Paul

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