Anti-Leech Attachments - prevent hotlinking and bandwidth theft!
Mod Version: 1.1, by steadicamop
| vB Version: 3.6.x | Rating:  (12 votes - 4.17 average) |
Installs: 191 |
| Released: 14 Jun 2007 | Last Update: 10 Jan 2009 | Downloads: 874 |
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Title : Anti-Leech Attachments
Version : 1.1
Coder : Jason Williams
Purpose : Prevent your forum attachments from being directly linked to - prevent bandwidth abuse.
Why : Bandwidth can be expensive, plus I was frustrated with one of my members linking to three video clips on my forum from his own site, effectively abusing the bandwidth I pay for, so I set about a system that stops hotlinking, but at the same time, as a courtesy, providing a dynamic link to the post containing the attachment.
How : This could be replicated very easily using .htaccess but the one thing that it can't do is give you the link to the attachment itself. This mod displays a message informing the user that hotlinking is not allowed, then giving them the link to the post to view the attachment directly.
Known Issues : The security can be defeated by using the drop down style menu on the Anti Leech page - this has only been confirmed as an issue on Firefox. I have unsucessfully tried to find a way of removing the drop down on that page only.
Confirmed working with vBSEO 3.2.0.
Important : This has been tested on 3.6.2 and 3.8, I can presume it will be compatible with 3.7.x because it works on 3.8 - as always BACKUP FIRST!
Demo : http://www.steadiforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=909&d=1180779148
Installation :
1. Import Product - product-antileech.xml
2. Save bandwidth!
File uploads : 0
Files to Import : 1
New Templates : 1
New Phrases : 2
Uses Hooks : 1
Uses Queries : 1
History :
v1.0 - Original release
v1.1 - Added enable/disable option, tested on VB 3.8
Done - if you like please click install! (and click Nominate for MOTM!)
Version : 1.1
Coder : Jason Williams
Purpose : Prevent your forum attachments from being directly linked to - prevent bandwidth abuse.
Why : Bandwidth can be expensive, plus I was frustrated with one of my members linking to three video clips on my forum from his own site, effectively abusing the bandwidth I pay for, so I set about a system that stops hotlinking, but at the same time, as a courtesy, providing a dynamic link to the post containing the attachment.
How : This could be replicated very easily using .htaccess but the one thing that it can't do is give you the link to the attachment itself. This mod displays a message informing the user that hotlinking is not allowed, then giving them the link to the post to view the attachment directly.
Known Issues : The security can be defeated by using the drop down style menu on the Anti Leech page - this has only been confirmed as an issue on Firefox. I have unsucessfully tried to find a way of removing the drop down on that page only.
Confirmed working with vBSEO 3.2.0.
Important : This has been tested on 3.6.2 and 3.8, I can presume it will be compatible with 3.7.x because it works on 3.8 - as always BACKUP FIRST!
Demo : http://www.steadiforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=909&d=1180779148
Installation :
1. Import Product - product-antileech.xml
2. Save bandwidth!
File uploads : 0
Files to Import : 1
New Templates : 1
New Phrases : 2
Uses Hooks : 1
Uses Queries : 1
History :
v1.0 - Original release
v1.1 - Added enable/disable option, tested on VB 3.8
Done - if you like please click install! (and click Nominate for MOTM!)
Download
product-antileech.xml (3.4 KB, 730 downloads)