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Two ways to block bad referrers? [message #506]

Wed, 26 July 2006 22:55

Dred
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2006

First i'd like to say hello everyone that views this post, i'm newly registered, but been lurking some time. Very Happy

Now for my subject question:
I've seen two ways to block bad referrers. Could someone please tell me which way is the right way?

here's one:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} example\.com [NC,OR]

and here's the other:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http(s)?://(www\.)?http://www.example.com.*$ [NC,OR]

I found these while looking for someway to block and/or redirect hits from certain sites as well as hitbots...namely sites that are on my blacklist, but i'm confused as to which one is correct.

Does each code block something different?

tia Smile

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Two ways to block bad referrers? [message #507]

Wed, 26 July 2006 23:26

Dred
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2006

nm...i found this:

Block site from specific referrers

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} site-to-block\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} site-to-block-2\.com [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

Block Hot Linking/Bandwidth hogging

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]

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Two ways to block bad referrers? [message #511]

Sun, 30 July 2006 16:53

andreas
Messages: 239
Registered: January 2005
Location: Denmark

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Yes, that is the correct codes to use.

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