I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum are stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they can' t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.
any suggestions?
Thanks
Dale
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Lewis Watson 6 November 2002 06:12:04 [ permanent link ]
----- Original Message ----- From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net> To: <users@httpd.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
Hello,>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum are> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to> serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they
can'> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>
any suggestions?>
Thanks>
Dale>
Hi Dale. There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone from pulling what your server is giving out.
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Hi Dale, I think what you want to do is prevent people from directly linking to the images files.
All you have to do is check for the referer VARIABLE.
--- Server Level: If you want to do it on the server level, you will have to use "mod_rewrite" module and HTTP_REFERER variable. There is a good example @ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html under the section titled "Blocked Inline-Images". You will have slightly modify it to match your file types.
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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Hello,
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum are stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they can' t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.
any suggestions?
Thanks
Dale
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I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen. But there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For e.g. about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an image and create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. This HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic, but people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD. However if they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take screen capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse lose the quality.
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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11/05/2002 07:12 PM Please respond to users
----- Original Message ----- From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net> To: <users@httpd.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
Hello,>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum
stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to> serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they
can'> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>
any suggestions?>
Thanks>
Dale>
Hi Dale. There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone from pulling what your server is giving out.
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then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen. But>there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For e.g.>about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an image and>create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. This>HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic, but>people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD. However if>they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take screen>capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse lose the>quality.>
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The>Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15>
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"Lewis> Watson" To: <users@httpd.apache.org>> <lists@vision cc:> six.com> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] how
do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?>
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to>> serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See the>links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and using>them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public network. There>are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more difficult but in>the>end there is no way to prevent someone from pulling what your server is>giving out.>
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- ----- Original Message ----- From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net> To: <users@httpd.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:06 AM Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
Hello,>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some> scum are stealing some images from my site and linking directly to> them.>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able> to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across> that they can' t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire> and so forth do. >
any suggestions?>
Thanks>
Dale>
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"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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header output your image using gd in php
then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen. But>there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For e.g.>about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an image
create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. This>HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic, but>people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD. However if>they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take screen>capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse lose the>quality.>
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The>Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15>
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"Lewis> Watson" To: <users@httpd.apache.org>> <lists@vision cc:> six.com> Subject: Re: [users@httpd]
how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?>
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able to>> serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See the>links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and using>them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public network. There>are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more difficult but in>the>end there is no way to prevent someone from pulling what your server is>giving out.>
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"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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Create a little javascript thing that displays the image, disable right click on that particular web page and put a restriction on the directory that stores the images with a .htaccess file and say that the only refferer can be the actual page the images are linked to.
The above may work
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:41 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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daniel <daniel@electro To: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com, users <users@httpd.apache.org> teque.org> cc: No Phone Info Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images? Available
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header output your image using gd in php
then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen.>But there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For>e.g. about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an>image
create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level.>This HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic,>but people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD.>However if they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take>screen capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse>lose the quality.>
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day>(The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15>
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"Lewis> Watson" To: <users@httpd.apache.org>> <lists@vision cc:> six.com> Subject: Re: [users@httpd]
how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?>
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some>> scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able>> to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that>> they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See>the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and>using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public>network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more>difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone from>pulling what your server is giving out.>
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Andrew Kenna 6 November 2002 07:46:57 [ permanent link ]
Create a little javascript thing that displays the image, disable right click on that particular web page and put a restriction on the directory that stores the images with a .htaccess file and say that the only refferer can be the actual page the images are linked to.
The above may work
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:41 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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header output your image using gd in php
then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen. >But there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For >e.g. about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an >image
create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. >This HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic, >but people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD. >However if they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take >screen capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse >lose the quality.>
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day >(The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15>
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"Lewis> Watson" To: <users@httpd.apache.org>> <lists@vision cc:> six.com> Subject: Re: [users@httpd]
how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?>
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some >> scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able >> to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that >> they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See >the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and >using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public >network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more >difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone from >pulling what your server is giving out.>
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Chris Taylor 6 November 2002 07:51:19 [ permanent link ]
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It seems that you're missing the point, the problem is that external sites are linking these images as if they were there own, which is essentially bandwidth theft. The way to stop this is to use mod_rewrite (as in my previous post). Although the odd client saving the image to their hard drive may be a nuisance, it's not really the issue, so all of these client side efforts (JS for instance) aren't what's required.
Andrew's idea (below) is essentially the implementation of the mod_rewrite solution: a .htaccess file, but in the end it's the same solution.
- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Kenna" <andrewk@stamina.com.au> To: <users@httpd.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:46 AM Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
Create a little javascript thing that displays the image, disable right click on that particular web page and put a restriction on the directory that stores the images with a .htaccess file and say that the only refferer can be the actual page the images are linked to.
The above may work
Andrew
- -----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:41 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
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header output your image using gd in php
then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being>stolen. But there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the>image. For e.g. about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that>would parse an image
create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. >This HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual>graphic, but people couldn't just right click and save it to their>Local HD. However if they really wanted to copy the image they>would have to take screen capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way>they would offcourse lose the quality.>
how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my>images? >
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some >> scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be>> able to serve a different image to these scum to get the point>> across that they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth>> do. >>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them>(See the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your>site and using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a>public >network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad>more difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone>from >pulling what your server is giving out.>
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Andrew Kenna 6 November 2002 07:51:39 [ permanent link ]
Also put in a proxy-nocache meta tag at the top of the page, correct me if I'm wrong but that should tell the proxy not to cache this page and its contents
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:47 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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"Andrew Kenna" <andrewk@stami To: <users@httpd.apache.org> na.com.au> cc: No Phone Info Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images? Available
11/05/2002 08:46 PM Please respond to users
Create a little javascript thing that displays the image, disable right click on that particular web page and put a restriction on the directory that stores the images with a .htaccess file and say that the only refferer can be the actual page the images are linked to.
The above may work
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:41 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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header output your image using gd in php
then load the image like <img src="image.php?filename=bollox.jpg">
===== Original Message From Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com =====>I agree that there is no way to protect the images from being stolen. >But there are ways to deter people from easily stealing the image. For >e.g. about 3 years back I wrote a Java Application that would parse an >image
create HTML TABLE based representation of the image on Pixel level. >This HTML table could be easily displayed intead of the actual graphic, >but people couldn't just right click and save it to their Local HD. >However if they really wanted to copy the image they would have to take >screen capture, and paste it into GIMP. This way they would offcourse >lose the quality.>
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day >(The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15>
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"Lewis> Watson" To: <users@httpd.apache.org>> <lists@vision cc:> six.com> Subject: Re: [users@httpd]
how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?> No Phone Info> Available>
11/05/2002> 07:12 PM> Please> respond to> users>
----- Original Message ----->From: "dale's stuff" <stuff@colony.net>>To: <users@httpd.apache.org>>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:06 PM>Subject: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?>
Hello,>>
I was just processing my logs and have found that once again some >> scum>are>> stealing some images from my site and linking directly to them.>>
I am running apache 1.3.2x on RH Linux 7.1. I would like to be able >> to serve a different image to these scum to get the point across that >> they>can'>> t be stealing my images -kind of like what angelfire and so forth do.>>
any suggestions?>>
Thanks>>
Dale>>
Hi Dale.>There are things you can do to prevent them from linking to them (See >the links below), but to keep them from pulling them off your site and >using them? Nothing. You are offering the graphics over a public >network. There are ways to slow some people up or making it a tad more >difficult but in the end there is no way to prevent someone from >pulling what your server is giving out.>
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however the client browser (e.g. IE or mozilla)will still cache the images. Even over https:// (SSL) the images get cached on the local machine for the whole session. However with SSL, the cache is automatically deleted upon session exit, only if the browser is configured properly.
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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11/05/2002 08:51 PM Please respond to users
Also put in a proxy-nocache meta tag at the top of the page, correct me if I'm wrong but that should tell the proxy not to cache this page and its contents
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:47 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
"I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day (The Day of Resurrection)" Al-Quran 6:15
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"Andrew Kenna" <andrewk@stami To: <users@httpd.apache.org> na.com.au> cc: No Phone Info Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images? Available
11/05/2002 08:46 PM Please respond to users
Create a little javascript thing that displays the image, disable right click on that particular web page and put a restriction on the directory that stores the images with a .htaccess file and say that the only refferer can be the actual page the images are linked to.
The above may work
Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com [mailto:Saqib.N.Ali@seagate.com] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 3:41 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: RE: [users@httpd] how do I prevent sites from hijacking my images?
