mod_rewrite breaks images on localhost

images are broken when viewing locally

[JavaReb]

Im experimenting with mod_rewrite and I want to disable other websites from embedding my images on their pages.

I have the following in the .htaccess file wihtin a directory called 'img'

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}!^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}!^http://(www\.)?somesite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif¦jpg¦png)$ http://www.somesite.com/nasty.gif [R,L]

Of course, ive changed the domain names, but when I view any of my pages locally, i get broken images.

What things could I be missing?

[edited to add:]
If I add this line, then images show up when viewing locally

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}!^http://localhost/.*$ [NC]

help / comments?

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[jdMorgan]

JavaReb,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

That is in fact the correct solution.

You might also want to add [127.0.0.1...] (standard IP address of all localhost machines) to the exclusion list.

Jim