How to block referral spam using Nginx ?
I'm running two mongrels under an Nginx server. I keep getting requests for a nonexistent file. The IP addresses change frequently but the referring URL stays the same. I'd like to resolve this. ...
referrer-spam
Referrer URL appears to be pointing to a naughty picture
This may belong on Serverfault, but I don't think so. I have a website with the archives of a local radio program that had some cult following in Australia, and may have a limited, but active, group of visitors I have noticed in my logs, the referrer URL of 4 unique visits appear to come from a path beta.hustler.com/photos/images/ (and...
Preventing referral scams
How can you prevent "referral scams"? For example, in a wordpress-based site of mine, I suddenly noticed that someone clicked a link from some site I had never heard of. When I followed the link, there was obviously not a link to MY site. The site was selling products, in this case books. All comments followed a similar speech pattern, ...
PHP referrer: How to make sure a request is actually coming from where it's supposed to come from.
I would like to put a link back to my site on other "approved" domains. When they click on the link it goes to a page that checks the referrer ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER']) to make sure they came from a domain that is approved to have my link. This can be spoofed so how can I make sure the clicks are actually coming from the approved domai...