Re: Image Theft Software

Nancy's solution would be fairly easy to implement with PHP, too.  In either
case, placing the image files outside the HTML directory root gives you a
great deal of control over how they can be accessed.

D


----- Original Message -----
From: "N. Whittley" <nwhittley(at)cinci.rr.com>

I just had this problem crop up two days ago when I found an EBAY auction
user, linking to images on my husbands site.  So I replaced those images
with a Shame on you image.  But I also installed a tiny cgi script, that
will prevent anyone outside your ip from linking to the images.

Problem with this, is you have to link to your images, through this cgi
script.  The script is told where you images are housed..  and you link to
the script, and give the image name.. and then it retrieves that image and
displays it.  If someone tries to link to that image, it will dectect it is
not from your specified IP and will show a THIS IMAGE IS STOLEN image
instead.

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