Re: [cobalt-users] Restricting Access

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Anyways, I would like to be able to restrict this image
> > directory so that the images can only be seen by the message
> > board it's intended for. If someone places the link into
> > another message board or webpage they won't get anything.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=htaccess+domain+restrict for domain
restriction info or
> http://www.google.com/search?q=htaccess+ip+restrict for IP restriction
info.
>
> With the domain restriction method you can even narrow down to restrict
access only from certain directories.

These won't work, they restrict who can view the files, not where they can
be linked from - they don't tie an image to a specific REFERER in any way.

You would be better off with a simple anti-hotlinking rule which does what
you're after:
http://websiteowner.info/tutorials/server/bandwidththeft.asp

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