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image hotlink protection

Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
protection ?
Jul 17 '05 #1
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Yang <ya******@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
protection ?


a) ask for permission
b) fake headers (referer)

Jul 17 '05 #2
Yang wrote:
Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
protection ?


What is a hotlink protection?

randelld
Jul 17 '05 #3
.oO(Randell D.)
Yang wrote:
Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
protection ?

What is a hotlink protection?


Usually done in the server configuration to prevent direct links from
other websites to your images, which is a kind of "stealing bandwidth".
While it's no real protection, it often works good enough to reduce the
traffic on your site.

Micha
Jul 17 '05 #4

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