Hotlinking problem

[Scubatooth]

i just got onto the site and when it loaded it loaded about 100+ no hot linking allowed images on the site, and im wondering if this is a glitch in the software or what. i can understand wnating to stop people from leaching bandwidth but thats alot of logos on the site.


Scubatooth

 

[Ted S]

Scubatooth,
Since you are loading our site directly I would assume you have a firewall or anti-virus program that is altering your referrer connection string, you need to access our site directly for it to function -- not via a proxy.

 

[Scubatooth]

well the site is loading now it was just plain wired that it came up

but i dont have any proxy connection set, and im behind a no internet addressable ip through my isp for which i have DSL service

and im using standard norton system works with all the latest updates.

tech admin myy question is that was there a glitch in my system or isp provider that kicked this httpd, hta.access script to kick in and display that image ? this just seems so wired to me

Scubatooth

 

[Ted S]

Given what I know of Norton's systems I would blame it on their system. It is not a bug of Norton but rather a "feature" of theirs to run everything through a proxy... this effects hotlinking referrers, banners, the photo gallery and more depending on your exact settings. Logic of course dictates that if it happened once it would happen every time but I simply assume norton blocked the referrer information this time... for some reason.

 

[Scubatooth]

thanks for the info tech admin i will look in my norton set up to see what they have running because having that many things redirecting data isnt what i want, and then to get rid of the pesky bugs.

its amazing that they cant just build a clean program without needing a whole lot of misc connections