Girl Geekette

Halloween Ghost and Pumpkin

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

oh, and on a side note…

Last night I went into the costume shop looking for a subnet mask… and then they kicked me out

Using an .htaccess file in the root of your site, you can stop others from hotlinking to your files. Whether it is images, .zip files or executables, others hotlinking to them is stealing your bandwidth. To prevent this, you can paste this into a file, upload it to the root of your website and then rename the file to .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www.)?yourdomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule .(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|exe|zip)$ - [NC,F,L]

replace yourdomain.com with the name of your domain.com, yourdomain.net etc.

If you want to redirect the hotlinker to an image that shows you do not want others to hotlink to you - such as

$1.99 Domain Registration from Go Daddy: GoDaddy is offering 1-Year Domain Name Registration for $1.99 with code 199TEST. 20-cent ICANN fee applies, making it $2.19 per domain.Thanks slickdeals

And yet, another email from Comcast outlining the next move in the Bandwidth Wars. This time, their outlining of the new Network Congestion Management Technique and who will be affected:

Network Management Comcast Email

7:52PM 10/6/08

Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer: 

Comcast is committed to providing you with the best online experience possible. 

One of the ways we do that is by managing the leading fiber optic network in the nation to ensure it is fast, safe and reliable. As part of our ongoing efforts to continuously improve the quality of our service, we are switching to a new network congestion management technique by the end of the year. It is focused on managing network congestion only when and where it may occur. It will also replace the current technique and will help ensure that all of our customers receive their fair share of network resources.