@Phillip: I know that the server files need to be mirrored as to what is
actually on the game server, all I was suggesting was that you place that
mirror in a different place, to break the access that the current leechers
would have.. I meant something to the effect of..
C:\game\tf2\maps\..
turns into..
C:\game\noleech\tf2\maps\..
Obviously, like I mentioned, the .htaccess method is the way to go in fixing
the issue (at least for Apache servers), but I was just throwing out ideas
that came to mind at the time.. I did that hoping I could push at least a
few viable solutions to the person looking for help as soon as possible...
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Philip Bembridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> @ Neonicacid: Can I just say that your solution isn't viable, as you have
> to
> have the same directory structure as the server also, just log onto any
> server with fast download and type "sv_downloadurl" into console and it
> will
> tell you,
>
> The .htaccess way is the way to go ^^
>
> Thread closed?
>
> Phil
>
> 2008/10/18 Robert Whelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Would you happen to have an example for us msiis users?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Tony Paloma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list <
> > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 1:50:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] fast dl abuse
> >
> > Voogru and others have already explained how to do this. I don't know why
> > this thread is still going on with speculation about how to do it.
> >
> > When a game client downloads a file from an sv_downloadurl, it submits as
> > the referrer the game server it is connecting to. This is why limiting
> > access by referrer works.
> >
> > With Apache, as mentioned earlier, you can use this script in a .htaccess
> > file.
> >
> > SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^hl2://12\.34\.56\..*" AllowDownload
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > Allow from env=AllowDownload
> > Deny from all
> >
> > You can insert any regular expression you want to match the referer. This
> > one will allow all game servers starting with 12.34.56 to use the
> download
> > URL.
> >
> > Alternatively, use the script mentioned later.
> >
> > RewriteEngine On
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^hl2://0.0.0.0:
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Half-Life\ 2$
> > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [F]
> >
> > Again, any regular expression should work.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DontWannaName!
> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:02 PM
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] fast dl abuse
> >
> > What if its more than one game server people are downloading from...
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Rick Payton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:58:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] fast dl abuse
> >
> > A quick google search returned this from a forum from 3 years ago, that
> > seemed to work well enough for me:
> >
> > RewriteEngine On
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^hl2://0.0.0.0:
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^Half-Life\ 2$
> > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [F]
> >
> > I changed the 0.0.0.0 to (x.x.x.x|y.y.y.y) in the .htaccess file. While
> > my client was able to successfully download the map, using a web browser
> > I was forbidden to view the directory.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donnie Newlove
> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:05 PM
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] fast dl abuse
> >
> > I stand corrected, the most elegant way would of course be to only
> > allow downloads from hosts that are already connected or connecting to
> > the game server.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Karl Weckstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > You HAVE to restrict access via IP on the webserver itself. Sadly
> > there's no other way.
> > >
> > > Turning off directory browsing is useless, as they'll find out the
> > path anyway. Valve opted to use Internet Explorer as their internal game
> > browser, which leverages WININET.DLL.
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884931
> > >
> > > As you can see from the above URL, you can download a debug version of
> > wininet.dll to troubleshoot IE issues. This will reveal absolutely all
> > details about the transfer, including all paths. It's pointless to try
> > and obscure your map download url, it simply needs to be restricted by
> > IP on the webserver.
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:04 PM
> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] fast dl abuse
> > >
> > > Unfortunately this also shows in the "sv_downloadurl," but yes, that
> > > would limit it quite a bit.
> > >
> > > Steve wrote:
> > >> The first thing I would do (which I have already done) is disable
> > >> directory browsing on all those folders.. no reason to let the search
> > >> engines crawl through all your files so they can indexed up on
> > google.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Hi Listy,
> > >>>
> > >>> I think my fast dl webspace is being leeched.
> > >>>
> > >>> I can find thousands of tf/maps directorys to browse and potentially
> > hook
> > >>> into and use the url in my server.cfg
> > >>>
> > >>> Is there any way of preventing any connections to my fast dl server
> > other
> > >>> than my own game server (via IP:port)
> > >>>
> > >>> Love to all
> > >>>
> > >>> Pat xxx
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