valve already added referer support... On 6/7/05, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The best way to make sure other servers do not steal your bandwidth with > sv_downloadurl is to only allow people to download files that recently > connected to the server. (Say, with 20 minutes or so). > > A plug-in could be made to do this, when a client connects, put their IP > address in a database, and when the client connects to the sv_downloadurl > website, it checks if the IP address is in the database and if it is, allows > them to download the resources. > > Not using the sv_downloadurl because some clown is trying to steal your > bandwidth is not an alternative. > > Another way that it could be done, is for valve to set the http referrer to > the IP address of the server, and have a script make sure the referrer is > the server or is on a list of servers. > > But that requires valve to do it, so I think the plug-in idea might be a > better solution.
-- Clayton Macleod _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
