While on the topic of adding possible mod_rewrite-like features to mathopd,
a command that would restrict access to referrers that were either blank or
matched the host would be really useful.  In other words, you could specify
a directory that couldn't be linked by an outside website.  Mod_rewrite is
extensively used on big sites because of all the leeches out there that
would love to steal your bandwidth.  I'm thinking a command inside a Control
statement that says something like "RefererRestriction On".

Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michiel Boland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Attila Nagy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Automatic vhosts, based on directories


> > BTW, what's the author's opinion on the subject (mass vhosting based on
> > directory names)?
>
> If someone can think of some nice way to put this in a configuration file
> it should be relatively easy to code. There is a problem with logging at
> the moment since the server does not log the 'Host' header that the
> browser sends. I guess that needs fixing too before this feature becomes
> useful.
>
> Cheers
> Michiel
>
>

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