Get off my lawn
@bellsouth.net
| How to stop MP3 leechers?
Hi,
I have a server...well, a hosting plan.
On my space I have a lot of MP3 files. A backup, if you will.
I was looking at my site statistics today and I noticed that a bunch of these "MP3 leeching" sites for MySpace and the like are accessing my files.
How do I stop this? |
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drew
Reformation
Premium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs: | Contact the abuse department at your hosting company for assistance! |
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Get off my lawn
@dreamhost.com | So there isn't any way to just disable hotlinking?
Like, if someone tries to pull "Yes - Roundabout.mp3" from my server...they can't? |
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drew
Reformation
Premium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs: | Trust me, the abuse department will ensure this doesn't happen any more. |
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removed
Crisis Management Squad
Premium,VIP
join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
clubs: | reply to Get off my lawn
»www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess14.shtml
This will block requests from certain referrers, which should do the trick for you. |
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Get off my lawn
@dreamhost.com
| reply to drew
said by drew  :Trust me, the abuse department will ensure this doesn't happen any more. So what do I do, email DreamHost and say, "My MP3s--which I do use in a player on my website--are being leeched?"
Won't that stop ME from being able to use my files in a flash MP3 player on my site as well as get rid of the leechers?
(Aah, looks like my SOCKS5 proxy is working  ) |
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Get off my lawn
@bellsouth.net | reply to Get off my lawn
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand...I'm back. 
How could these things be finding my files?
I'm new to the whole hosting thing, sorry.... |
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ViviTheMage
vivi
Premium
join:2002-10-28
Minneapolis, MN
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| said by Get off my lawn :Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand...I'm back. How could these things be finding my files? I'm new to the whole hosting thing, sorry.... hehehe
»www.g2p.org/
if the directory is public, it's findable if you will. |
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gdasfdsaf
@comcast.net | reply to Get off my lawn
I use the following ROBOTS.TXT file to keep ROBOTS from my files... Turns out yahoo was 50% of my hits.....
user-agent: *
Disallow: /flvplayer.swf
Disallow: /*.flv$
Disallow: /*.mp3$
Disallow: /*.m3u$ |
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Nordic
@mindspring.com | reply to Get off my lawn
Dreamhost has a ton of info on how to be invisible to spiders and the like. If you don't want anybody --except you-- being able to access your files, then you should configure .htaccess to your needs. |
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ironwalker
World Renowned
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-31
Keansburg, NJ
clubs:
 ·Optimum Online
| said by Nordic :Dreamhost has a ton of info on how to be invisible to spiders and the like. If you don't want anybody --except you-- being able to access your files, then you should configure .htaccess to your needs. Or set a password |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | reply to Get off my lawn
If your hosting using CPanel use Hot linking protection. |
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
 ·ViaTalk
| reply to drew
said by drew :Trust me, the abuse department will ensure this doesn't happen any more. hehe
drew, at least I got your point. |
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ff1324
Everybody Goes Home
Premium
join:2002-08-24
On Four Day
| reply to Get off my lawn
Get rid of the robots.txt file and put everything in a folder with a rather cryptic name...numbers, uppercase, and lowercase. Better yet, put them in two folders. And don't have any links to them anywhere.
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