Hotlinking is the use of a linked object, often an image, from one site by a web page belonging to a second site.
Questions tagged [hotlinking]
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protecting video hotlink by one time url path. (vk.com in example)
How can I protect my videos from hotlinking?
For example: http://vk.com/video215336036_165406371
when you look at the source code, vk.com provides an one-time usage video path such as
http://cs523402v4.vk.me/u215336036/videos/d436dc950c.240.mp4

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Forbid links to txternal images
is there a way to forbid external images in my forum? links to external images are somtimes broken, and not always legal.
Is it possible to make this via .htaccess?

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Prevent hotlinking specific files with htaccess
How can I prevent hotlinking specific files from other sites?
Lets say mydomain.com/file1.zip and mydomain.com/file2.zip - I would like to redirect them to pages mydomain.com/file1page and mydomain.com/file2page.
I want to prevent only those 2 of…

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Can I display hotlinked images in a database?
I was wondering if it's possible to display an image from a site like imageshack on my website using a data base, for example, I use the URL some where in the database, and when I display that data, the picture is displayed as well.
Is it possible…

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Can you block javascript access like this?
I want to prevent other people from using my Javascript files. I know you can block them in the htaccess file like this, but is there a bit of code you can add that basically says if this file is not being run on [domain] then don't work?

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