how do i block download managers?

steve51184 · 03-14-2010, 03:34 AM

hey i need to block 'all/most' download managers from downloading files from my server i know this can be done with .htaccess via blocking the HTTP_USER_AGENT for that dlm with something like this:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^AGENT-FOR-DLM-GOES-HERE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^AGENT-FOR-DLM-GOES-HERE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^AGENT-FOR-DLM-GOES-HERE

but is there ether a better way to do this or a list of all/most dlm's HTTP_USER_AGENT's?

MS3FGX · 03-14-2010, 08:19 PM

Not that I can immediately think of, other than maybe limit concurrent connections from single IPs (in the event of a download manager that runs multiple threads).

Of course, some download managers will allow the user to change their UA string, so this method might not be terribly effective in the first place.

steve51184 · 03-15-2010, 01:14 AM

true but most people won't know how to do that so blocking USER_AGENT's should work... also i'm on apache2 so there's no way to limit connections/threads

Web31337 · 03-15-2010, 03:09 AM

I can't believe there is no way to limit concurrent connections in such a massive-development app like apache httpd, I've recently seen sites running nginx and lighttpd having a limit for concurrent connections per IP. You probably just need to google for it? There is a box of promising results over LQ and google.

steve51184 · 03-15-2010, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Web31337

I can't believe there is no way to limit concurrent connections in such a massive-development app like apache httpd, I've recently seen sites running nginx and lighttpd having a limit for concurrent connections per IP. You probably just need to google for it? There is a box of promising results over LQ and google.

believe me i've looked and all th options are for apache1 and not apache2 :\

frieza · 03-15-2010, 12:10 PM

perhaps an option would be to host the files via anonymous FTP (eg proftpd or wuftpd), it might be easier to limit concurrent connections with an ftp server then a web server, probably not the answer yer lookin for but just a suggestion