On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 12:42 +0200, Simon Lange wrote: > my reply wasnt ot since i did not start the topic. :)
I was just referring to the topic, not to anyone in particular. > my advice was correct since he stated that he wants ONLY ppl fetching the > stuff coming from HIS server. denying indexing means nothing since other > server-admins could still user his webserver for content-serving. The idea is to stop opportunists finding the files in the first place. A quick google shows up many, many, servers who leave their http mirrors of their gaming directories wide open. It's handy if you want to find a wayward wad file, but it's equally easy to misuse someone else's http bandwidth for your own gaming server's content serving (complete with their banner.gif file I suppose :) ). Using .htaccess to issue some basic directives, like turning off directory indexing, and perhaps setting a user/pass for the mirrored directories, solves the problem simply. If he has access to the server's httpd.conf file then he should put those directives in there so they are processed only once, not every time a connection is made to the directories. It's quick, and it's easy for anyone with a limited understanding of apache config files. That said, you're quite right -- limiting traffic to the 'Halflife' and 'Halflife 2' user agent, and hl1 or hl2://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:XXXXX would solve the problem. Do all halflife mods accurately reveal the HTTP_REFERER? So far they all seem to. Cheers Andrew _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
