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Brook · 01-15-2008, 03:46 AM

I am thinking about offering video downloads - but how can you protect people linking to the files directly to download them? (Eg someone posting a link to the mpeg's url on a different site).

Can you use the hotlinking tool that's built into cpanel? Or would it require something more custom?

What would be even better is to have the videos on another domain, and some kind of protection system that checks to see the request for the video came from a specific domina.

Eg, have the main site in root: mysite.com and have the videos in vids.mysite.com and only accept the request for the video if the request was reffered from a link on the main site (mysite.com).

Sounds complicated doesn't it!

01-15-2008, 03:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Brook The Acquainted Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 121 Thanks: 41	How to protect hot linking of video downloads? I am thinking about offering video downloads - but how can you protect people linking to the files directly to download them? (Eg someone posting a link to the mpeg's url on a different site). Can you use the hotlinking tool that's built into cpanel? Or would it require something more custom? What would be even better is to have the videos on another domain, and some kind of protection system that checks to see the request for the video came from a specific domina. Eg, have the main site in root: mysite.com and have the videos in vids.mysite.com and only accept the request for the video if the request was reffered from a link on the main site (mysite.com). Sounds complicated doesn't it! __________________ PS3 Forums on GameSlurp - the site for gaming fans!