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Old 10-18-2003, 08:01 AM   #1
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how to protect images linking from other website


my site is running VBulletin, I want to protect web images linking from other web sites.

I use mod_rewrite to block all .gif , .jpg and it works.

However in VBB some images are stored in database and those images are generated on the fly, so how do I protect such kind of images ?

e.g. users self upload avatars are stored in database but store in a file on the disk.
i.e.
http://mydomain/avatar.php?userid=22...ine=1042163461

actually that url is an image generated on the fly
 
Old 10-18-2003, 08:12 AM   #2
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Just deny access to avatar.php as well as *.gif or *.jpg unless it is from a local referer.
 
Old 10-18-2003, 08:49 AM   #3
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how to write this mod_rewrite rule ?
 
Old 10-18-2003, 08:53 AM   #4
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If you look at your existing rules there will be a line that stops your images from getting pulled you can add a new rule the same for avatar.php rather than your jpgs or gifs. If you are unsure then post your current rules.
 
Old 10-18-2003, 09:19 AM   #5
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here is my existing rules in my .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|GIF|jpg|JPG)$ - [F]


what rule should I add to prevent images generated from avatar.php page ?
 
Old 10-18-2003, 09:35 AM   #6
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You need a rewrite rule like:
RewriteRule .*avatar\.php.* - [F]
 
Old 10-18-2003, 10:53 AM   #7
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Quote:
Originally posted by david_ross
You need a rewrite rule like:
RewriteRule .*avatar\.php.* - [F]
I added followings in httpd.conf

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://bbs.dmhy.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.dmhy.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://61.152.96.66/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*avatar\.php.* - [F]


but images generated from that php page still can be linked by other web site
 
Old 10-18-2003, 11:27 AM   #8
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Well I have created a test environment on my server and it seems to work fine however I can still grab the avatars from your site. Then again I can also get:
http://bbs.dmhy.net/images/newblue/vb_bullet.gif

So maybe you don't have mod_rewrite working at all.

Is it enabled in httpd.conf?
 
Old 10-18-2003, 05:28 PM   #9
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mod_rewrite should work because i use httpd -l it is compiled in httpd binary

by the way can you grab this image from

http://bbs.dmhy.net/attachment.php?s=&postid=5282545

and why you can grab image from

http://bbs.dmhy.net/images/newblue/vb_bullet.gif

because I don't put a .htaccess under this folder

Last edited by adrianmak; 10-18-2003 at 05:31 PM.
 
Old 10-19-2003, 07:43 AM   #10
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I can get your logo and the go button - that is all I tried.
 
  


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