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Killing image leeching /rewriting directories
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Posted December 15 '03 at 05:34 PM
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Yeah, I know people are using your hosted images on their sites, this is called hotlinking. Running a photography site, it happens to me all the time, and I am paying for blog user's to use my images on their sites.

They take http://www.TestShoot.com/myimage.jpg and paste it in their sites, and I end up with half of my content served places other than my site!

So I got a *free* iis isapi filter: http://www.isapirewrite.com and I used the script to send images to any site I don't want using my image the following:
http://www.TestShoot.com/noleech.jpg anybody I don't want using my hosted images gets a surprise, you ofcourse could use a spacer.gif of something vulgar All that you need to know is on their site.

Directory trix:
I also run: A PaintBall website. I wanted the site to change the awful product.asp?id=3&cat=4&name=Gun to something more like a directory since many search engines hate that junk. So my new structure looks like: http://lowestpaintballprices.com/com.../idProduct/491

Pretty nifty huh?

All covered by the same isapirewrite filter. All I had to do was change the hotlinks eliminating & ? and = by replacing them with the very subtle /

Go on, it's ok to worship me!
Last edited December 15 '03 at 06:09 PM by Wired. Reply

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Posted December 15 '03 at 06:10 PM
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No offensive Titles please, thanks. Having said that, nice leecher work around.
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Last edited December 15 '03 at 06:10 PM by Wired. Reply

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Posted December 15 '03 at 06:18 PM
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Offensive titles? (scratching head)
anyway, I hope this answers some question I know are out there. Nobody shared with me, so I guess I work by karma, one day I'll need help and...

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Posted December 15 '03 at 06:53 PM
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The original title said "read me ******"
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