On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Earl Terwilliger <e...@micpc.com> wrote:
> I am a bit confused about the mod_rewrite documentation. It shows this
> rule to block hotlinking:
>
> RewriteCond "%{HTTP_REFERER}" "!^$"
> RewriteCond "%{HTTP_REFERER}" "!www.example.com" [NC]
> RewriteRule "\.(gif|jpg|png)$" "-" [F,NC]
>
That's not what I see at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html but that doesn't
really matter. I mention it only to point out that you really should be
specific when stating what documentation you are reading. In this case a
URL would have been a good idea.
however, I'd think a better rule would be:
>
> RewriteCond "%{HTTP_REFERER}" "^$" [OR]
> RewriteCond "%{HTTP_REFERER}" "!(www\.)?example.com/.*$" [OR,NC]
> RewriteRule "\.(gif|jpg|png)$" "-" [F,NC]
>
> if I want to block anyone manually typing in a link (no referer) +
> hotlinking (probably has a referer). Do i need the [OR] on the 1st
> RewriteCond and not the 2nd one? It seems to work with OR on both
> conditions.
>
The [OR] on the second RewriteCond does nothing since it isn't followed by
another RewriteCond. You also don't need the first RewriteCond since by
definition an empty HTTP_REFERER won't match pattern.
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Kurtis Rader
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