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QUEST for the LINK!

January 6, 2002 12:18:31 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Okay, we have a bit of a puzzler. Someone is linking to some of our WinAmp skins.

Whoever they are, they have massive traffic since the skins they are linking are getting thousands of downloads per day (instead of 30 to 50 per day).

We have looked at the logs but it didn't turn up anything. On Monday or Tuesday we'll take a more detailed look. But in the meantime, any sleuths out there have any ideas who is linking? Like I said, to get 2000+ downloads per day of a particular skin requires a website with massive visitors.
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Reply #1 January 6, 2002 1:11:37 AM
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Then it definitely ain't mine!
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Reply #2 January 6, 2002 6:04:41 AM
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Oh, sorry about that...no, wait, it wasn't me. Just a thought though, but your downloads link to asp scripts, not the file directly, just place a simple thing like this in the download script:

If NOT Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERRER") Like "*wincustomize.com/*" Then
Set objFS = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFS.Open("log.txt")
objFile.WriteLine (Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERRER"))
objFile.Close
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFS = Nothing
End If

Obviously the script isn't tested, so some things may need to be changed slightly, but anyone downloading anything from your server from anywhere but WinCustomize would log the referring page in the text file. Elementary my dear Frogboy.
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Reply #3 January 6, 2002 9:44:11 AM
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But at the end of the day... they will be able to find it's location on the actual *server* and then link to that.

Although, maybe something at the IIS (not ASP) level might sort that out, using a Referrer technique similar to above.

hmmm... which winamp files Frogboy? I'll track it down those bandwidth bandits for you if I can.
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Frogboy
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Reply #4 January 6, 2002 9:47:48 PM
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The WinAmp XP is one example. Today it has 1200 downloads for instance.
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Reply #5 January 7, 2002 4:20:14 AM
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Like AJ said, block all downloads with an incorrect referrer. And you can also check your logs to find out which referrer it is and track the offender down that way.
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Reply #6 January 7, 2002 12:23:09 PM
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We already checked the logs. Nothing showed up.
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