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This Rewrite rule blocks images from displaying


mr_bob

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Hi all,

Following advice of one member here I managed to write following rules. It's needed to block direct access, but allow files to be read by html code like this:

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(www\.)?domain\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(www\.)?domain\.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|mp3|ogg|)$ - [F]

It's needed for www.domain.com and https://domain.com.

Problem is that page.html doesn't display images and mp3 files after that. [L] at the end allows them display but direct access too.

What could be wrong here?

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If you view a page at https://www.domain.com/page.html and it tries to show an image from https://www.domain.com/image/img.jpeg, what do you think the referrer string will be?

Also, you cannot rely on the referrer string even being present. You should only block access if there is one.

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Just now, requinix said:

If you view a page at https://www.domain.com/page.html and it tries to show an image from https://www.domain.com/image/img.jpeg, what do you think the referrer string will be?

Also, you cannot rely on the referrer string even being present. You should only block access if there is one.

I guess we're missing jpeg here which should be added to the list. Maybe I should declare /image/ directory? Regular expressions are hammering me.

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