-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] And how do you use it? On 6/7/05, Clayton Macleod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
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