[kwlug-disc] image copyright

Chris Frey cdfrey at foursquare.net
Thu Dec 10 13:49:26 EST 2009


On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:25:15AM -0500, Chris Irwin wrote:
> The .htaccess rules probably would could cause unforeseen issues with
> legitimate non-referred access.

This is true.  For example, it is possible to set Mozilla to not send
a referrer line at all, which will then break every fetch of your
images on your site, even for legitimate visitors.

The referrer line is nearly, but not completely, universal.

- Chris







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