phranque
msg:4545924 | 3:47 pm on Feb 15, 2013 (gmt 0) |
are your server access logs showing the referrer?
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webdevfv
msg:4545933 | 4:41 pm on Feb 15, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I've looked at the server logs and they only show the referrer IP address for this particular file.
The IP addresses are all different.
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lucy24
msg:4546000 | 10:31 pm on Feb 15, 2013 (gmt 0) |
:: detour to Character Viewer ::
Oh, I see. They're sticking a query string onto the end of the jpg
?r=1
and it's getting garbled in transit.
You might be able to make the problem go away by changing your IgnorePathInfo settings. That is, the underlying problem would still exist but you wouldn't see it.
| I want to locate the webpage source so I can notify the person if possible. |
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Dear Site Owner:
I note that you have given the incorrect URL for one of your hotlinks. Please correct the hotlink to the following URL so your users will be able to view my hotlinked image:
http://www.example.com/images/kickme.jpg
As cosgan would say:
froehlich/a065.gif *
Can't you just tweak your e-mail routine so it ignores requests for this particular file?
* Steady there, moderators, it's only a link if you already know the site ;)
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webdevfv
msg:4546398 | 9:07 am on Feb 18, 2013 (gmt 0) |
The thing is I thought I was preventing hotlinking with my .htaccess file so they probably have written the code incorrectly and because nothing is showing they don't even see a problem!
It's probably for an avatar or facebook page or something
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webdevfv
msg:4546399 | 9:11 am on Feb 18, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I know I could make an exception but that's the road to hell - adding this and that exception etc
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lucy24
msg:4546409 | 10:40 am on Feb 18, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| and because nothing is showing they don't even see a problem! |
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:) Since nothing is showing, they're not benefiting from their hotlink either. You'd think by now someone would have noticed that the image doesn't show up. But maybe not, if it's in the original offender's browser cache. (Don't they know that you should always test links by emptying your cache and also trying a different browser? Honestly, hotlinkers these days.)
By the usual yawn-provoking coincidence, it can't be more than 48 hours since someone else had a completely unrelated question that also involved garbage being attached to the end of an URL. If you wanted to, you could cut to the chase with (note, no anchors!)
RewriteRule \.jpg.+ /nohotlinks.png [NC,L]
If all your malformed jpg requests are from hotlinkers and similar unwanted sources, you wouldn't even need a condition.
Alternatively, if your existing hotlink routine includes an element like
\.(png|gif|jpe?g)$
you could simply remove the ending anchor. That's assuming for the sake of discussion that you don't have any normal pages with ".jpg" sitting in the middle of the URL.
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