image hotlink protection

[Yang]

Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
protection ?

[Daniel Tryba]

Re: image hotlink protection

Yang <yanglike@sympa tico.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
> Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
> protection ?[/color]

a) ask for permission
b) fake headers (referer)

[Randell D.]

Re: image hotlink protection

Yang wrote:
[color=blue]
> Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
> protection ?
>
>[/color]

What is a hotlink protection?

randelld

[Michael Fesser]

Re: image hotlink protection

.oO(Randell D.)
[color=blue]
>Yang wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Anyone know a way to download an image using php which has a hotlink
>> protection ?
>>[/color]
>What is a hotlink protection?[/color]

Usually done in the server configuration to prevent direct links from
other websites to your images, which is a kind of "stealing bandwidth".
While it's no real protection, it often works good enough to reduce the
traffic on your site.

Micha