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akaandy1 posted 05-01-2003 10:30 PM GMT
Haooy New Year and all that stuff. This board's abit on the quiet side of late. COME ON PEOPLE! We don't want this site to disappear do we? I guess things will improve when Ian gets more issues back on line (although, for some reason I can't access the first issue)
Matt posted 08-01-2003 06:27 PM GMT
you're right andy,
it's pretty quiet at this forum lately...
but I guess the people will come back when the issues are back online.
don't ya think?
cheers
Matt posted 08-01-2003 06:28 PM GMT
quote: "although, for some reason I can't access the first issue"
same here... :(
iain posted 08-01-2003 07:59 PM GMT
There are down at the moment, even with only 2 issues online, there is too much leeching, people are bypassing the cookie protection and just typing the filenames directly into their browser.
I have two choices, either scramble the filenames so they can't be guessed or find a way to ensure the files can only be accessed through the web page and not directly (I've seen porn sites that do this) but I don't know how to impliment it.
The scrambling isn't ideal as it's nice to be able to easily access the files when they are on your own computer. Perhaps I could write a de-scrambler to rename them back after you have downloaded them.
All this trouble and hassle because of leeching bastards..... :(
fabbo posted 19-01-2003 12:35 AM GMT
In the HTML request headers, there should be a line called "Referer" or something like that, which contains the URL of the page which linked to the requested one. This is used by some sites.
It makes leeching harder (but not impossible because the Referer line can be faked).
However, the best solution would be to limit the number of Kbytes per IP address per day. I seem to remember that some Apache modules do this, although I am not completely sure.
iain posted 19-01-2003 01:47 AM GMT
Interesting, I'll have to look into that, although I gotten the encryption bit written anyway, it's not exactly uncrackable but it should stop most of the leechers.
Happy Hamster posted 26-01-2003 02:26 AM GMT
Just a test ;)

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Author	Topic: Sound of silence...
akaandy1	posted 05-01-2003 10:30 PM GMT Haooy New Year and all that stuff. This board's abit on the quiet side of late. COME ON PEOPLE! We don't want this site to disappear do we? I guess things will improve when Ian gets more issues back on line (although, for some reason I can't access the first issue)
Matt	posted 08-01-2003 06:27 PM GMT you're right andy, it's pretty quiet at this forum lately... but I guess the people will come back when the issues are back online. don't ya think? cheers
Matt	posted 08-01-2003 06:28 PM GMT quote: "although, for some reason I can't access the first issue" same here... :(
iain	posted 08-01-2003 07:59 PM GMT There are down at the moment, even with only 2 issues online, there is too much leeching, people are bypassing the cookie protection and just typing the filenames directly into their browser. I have two choices, either scramble the filenames so they can't be guessed or find a way to ensure the files can only be accessed through the web page and not directly (I've seen porn sites that do this) but I don't know how to impliment it. The scrambling isn't ideal as it's nice to be able to easily access the files when they are on your own computer. Perhaps I could write a de-scrambler to rename them back after you have downloaded them. All this trouble and hassle because of leeching bastards..... :(
fabbo	posted 19-01-2003 12:35 AM GMT In the HTML request headers, there should be a line called "Referer" or something like that, which contains the URL of the page which linked to the requested one. This is used by some sites. It makes leeching harder (but not impossible because the Referer line can be faked). However, the best solution would be to limit the number of Kbytes per IP address per day. I seem to remember that some Apache modules do this, although I am not completely sure.
iain	posted 19-01-2003 01:47 AM GMT Interesting, I'll have to look into that, although I gotten the encryption bit written anyway, it's not exactly uncrackable but it should stop most of the leechers.
Happy Hamster	posted 26-01-2003 02:26 AM GMT Just a test ;)