{"id":733,"date":"2016-08-24T15:31:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T11:02:58","slug":"security-hotlink-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/security-hotlink-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Secure your Web-files with cPanel Hotlink Protection : Cloudhost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Hotlink Protection, you will be able to guard against other websites from directly linking to files on your website. This tool comes very handy to when you need to protect outside websites from using your bandwidth. Note that any other file you do not specify below can be linked by other websites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can choose to enable or disable Hotlink Protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/disabled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-738\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/disabled.png\" alt=\"disabled\" width=\"715\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/disabled.png 715w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/disabled-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/disabled-624x92.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can configure the parameters to allow some website URLs\u00a0to have access to your files. Also, you can generalize the type of files you want to block access from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-739\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz.png\" alt=\"Configure_HP\" width=\"793\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz.png 793w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zz-624x260.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can also allow direct access to your files or make such file request redirect to a particular URL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-740\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl.png\" alt=\"zl\" width=\"977\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl.png 977w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zl-624x190.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>To access Hotlink Protection\u00a0for your website:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/cant-login-from-cpanel\/\">Log into your cPanel account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the<strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 Hotlink Protection\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>icon in the section.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-741 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265.png\" alt=\"Screenshot (265)\" width=\"971\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265.png 971w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265-768x212.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-265-624x172.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>3. Now you will be redirected to a the Hotlink Protection\u00a0\u00a0Interface.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-742\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264.png\" alt=\"Screenshot (264)\" width=\"1341\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264.png 1341w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-264-624x313.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1341px) 100vw, 1341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #ffa500\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 19px\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/secure.cloudhost.com.ng\">Get Started with Us\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Hotlink Protection, you will be able to guard against other websites from directly linking to files on your website. 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