Hotlink Protection Configuration for Independent IP Hosts (Applicable to VPS Cloud Host Servers)

Published: 2011-09-23

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apache hotlink protection:

Add to the .htaccess file
RewriteEngine on 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !baidu.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !google.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !xxx.net [NC]

RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|swf|mp4|mp3|zip|rar|pdf|webp|js|css)$ /band.txt [NC,L]



iis6 hotlink protection:


  1. If our company's assistant environment is installed, please first follow http://www.west.cn/faq/list.asp?unid=650 to enable the pseudo-static component.

  2. If it is a clean version system, please follow http://www.west.cn/faq/list.asp?unid=639 to enable the pseudo-static component.

    Then configure according to the following system rules in the configuration file.

Go to others/httpd.conf, keep the first two lines, copy the following rules and save them.

RewriteEngine on 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !baidu.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !google.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !xxx.net [NC]

RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|swf|mp4|mp3|zip|rar|pdf|webp|js|css)$ /band.txt [NC,L]


xxx.net is your own domain.

band.txt is the file containing the message displayed after hotlinking is detected.


iis7+ hotlink protection:

Implemented using the url-rewrite module. Module download address https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

Create a web.config file in the website root directory wwwroot, copy the following code and save it. If the website has pseudo-static settings and web.config already exists, only copy the code in the middle colored part and add it after the first <rules>.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<configuration>
 <system.webServer>  
  <rewrite>  
   <rules>   

    <rule name="Prevent hotlinking">  

     <match url="^.*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|swf|mp4|mp3|zip|rar|pdf|webp|js|css)$" ignoreCase="true" />  

      <conditions>  

       <add input="{HTTP_REFERER}" pattern="http://www.xxxxxx.com/.*" negate="true" />  

       <add input="{HTTP_REFERER}" pattern="http://xxxxxx.com/.*" negate="true" /> 

      </conditions>  

     <action type="Rewrite" url="/404.html" />  

    </rule>

   </rules>  
  </rewrite>  
 </system.webServer> 
</configuration>


nginx hotlink protection:

Refer to adding a location configuration for static files.

server {

    listen 80;

    server_name www.yoursite.com;


    # Match images and other static resources

    location ~ .*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|swf|mp4|mp3|zip|rar|pdf|webp|js|css)$

    {

        expires      30d;

        access_log /dev/null;

        valid_referers *.yoursite.com yoursite.com;

        if ($invalid_referer){

           return 444;

        }

    }


}


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