Apache logs filling up with crap from ebay linked images

SweepingOar · Apprentice Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 263 Location: LA

Some people are using one of my spacer images (a 1x1 gif) in their ebay auctions and it's causing a lot of crap in my apache logs. I've blocked any images from being displayed from ebay referred pages using .htaccess (as covered here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-634091-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html), but that doesn't seem to solve the problem of the requests getting into my log files, it just lists 403 instead of 200 as the result code. Any simple way I can fix this? Thanks.
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ragefan · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject:

Change the name of your hotlinked spacer.gif and replace it with pr0n. Should solve the problem real fast. :twisted:

Or your own banner ad.
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andreas_st · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

You don't even need to rename it. You could use mod_rewrite and redirect the request to another image depending on the referrer.

SweepingOar · Apprentice Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 263 Location: LA

He's using it with height and width specified in the tag (something like 1x5) so replacing it doesn't bother him. Like I said, I'm already blocking it, but I want to keep the requests out of my log files.
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andreas_st · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:57 am Post subject:

Did you contact the ebay seller? That's what I would try first.

As soon as the request comes to your web server it usually goes into the log file. I don't know how to prevent this. You could try to block the request before it reaches your web server by using a reverse proxy but I really would not go that far.

SweepingOar · Apprentice Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 263 Location: LA

Yeah, I contacted him and he was polite and said he'd take care of it, but really, what does he care?
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magic919 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

Tell eBay the pixel is a copyright image and you want them to stop him stealing it.

SweepingOar · Apprentice Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 263 Location: LA

That actually might work, sadly enough.
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