Question Bandwidth theft ( SitePoint Forums Just Starting Your Design ) Updated: 2008-08-12 05:52:33 (4)
Bandwidth theft
Hello Everyone, I am a newbie and I must say this is an awesome site. I have spent hours reading stuff here and lots more to go.
I have a general question on bandwidth. Is there any script that would prevent people to link/play audio files off my site.
I have some real media files that are linked via .ram so on surface you can't tell the directory where they are located but like everything I am sure there is a way. I want these files only to be accessable via my domain.
Answers: Bandwidth theft ( SitePoint Forums Just Starting Your Design )
Bandwidth theft
Go here and use this site to setup you up with an .htaccess file that will prevent people "hot linking" your content.
Make sure you rewrite the code to send them to a file that plays "Bandwidth leeching is not allowed". Or a page that captures the referer, so you can investigate.