Comment by BlaM on Which is faster, and why: transferring several small files...
I guess he's still going to need all the small files in the target system, so he'll probably have to extract the zip later on, i.e. the filesystem will still have to do the work. Sending the large file...
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Apache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide
It doesn't seem to be possible to use mod_rewrite in the global config.
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Apache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide
I think there are much more people without cookies than without referer. Also: I can live with a few hotlinked images slipping through if almost every other person sees the wrong image. That should be...
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Apache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide
As stated in my Question: RewriteEngine does not work in my environment. Not sure why. I use it all over the place. Maybe RewriteRules specified in global scope are overwritten by local .htaccess files.
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Debian Linux: Find Application that generates lots of...
I can't find bandwithd in debian. Any hints where to look?
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Debian Linux: Find Application that generates lots of...
pktstat did it for me. Helped me to find out that my provider charged me for traffic of another server, too - due to a routing problem.
View ArticleComment by BlaM on mod_secdownload for Apache 2.x
Seems to actually work. Thought it was only Apache 1.x because I can't find absolutely NO documentation about it. Any hints? How do I use it?
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Apache 2: Is Referer from current Host
... because I don't know if I'm on localhost? As mentioned in my question: I don't want to add all possible local hostnames manually. I just want to allow all pages that have the current (image's)...
View ArticleComment by BlaM on IIS7: Allow users to identify themselves with either...
We are already considering the first option. It's a webservice, so we don't really have a log-in page. But we could deploy it twice under different urls. Kind of hackish, though. I don't really...
View ArticleComment by BlaM on MySQL stopped asking for passwords
Great, that fixed my problem. Looks like my colleague created such a file... grr
View ArticleComment by BlaM on Someone is abusing my server but how do I stop the abuse?
Have you checked if your server can be used as a proxy server? (But yes, those .so files look very suspicious)
View ArticleComment by BlaM on nginx proxy to Apache/PHP is slow
Because I didn't have time to check/fix all schripts on the server for compatibility with another webserver. I may be able to do that in the long run - but right now it was "hdd crash - so I had to set...
View ArticleAnswer by BlaM for Apache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide
I have a solution, even if it is not very beautiful, because it leaves the default error 403 document changed even if the image is not hotlinked:This goes into apache2.conf: SetEnvIfNoCase Referer...
View ArticleApache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide
I'm trying to block access to images on my server if they are linked from some common "baddies", i.e. sites with users that tend to use other peoples...
View ArticleDebian Linux: Find Application that generates lots of Incoming Traffic
Is there any way to find out which application on a server is responsible for incoming traffic?I have a debian linux server that has a lot of incoming traffic and would like to know if someone managed...
View Articlemod_secdownload for Apache 2.x
Is there something like mod_secdownload (which is available for lighttpd) also available for Apache 2.x?The mod provides expiring URLs, so that it is possible to prevent hotlinking of files. A similar...
View ArticleApache 2: Is Referer from current Host
I have an Apache 2 with mod_setenvif. My goal is to stop all hotlinking of images in my global apache.conf. Currently that's:<FilesMatch ".(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$"> SetEnvIfNoCase Referer...
View Article.htaccess - Remove all cookies
I want to make an existing domain a "CDN" domain that serves all images, CSS and JS files (i.e. static files). However that domain was parked earlier and some application on that domain has set...
View ArticleWhat is a CCM_POST HTTP Request?
I keep getting error messages like these on a server running an installation of an embedded Mongoose webserver[1280931978] [error] [client 66.65.74.105] CCM_POST /ccm_system/request: Error 400: Bad...
View ArticleIIS7: Allow users to identify themselves with either "Windows Authentication"...
Is it possible to have both windows authentication and basic authentication enabled on one .asmx page in IIS7?What I want is:Someone calls webserviceIf possible, use windows authentication (e.g. when...
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