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Heya,
I have a site thats leeching one of my games using an Iframe.
Has anyone had any success preventing this, I am under the impression that cross domain 'rules' prevent my javascript from busting out, I was wondering if any one had a solution to this rather vexing problem!
Many thanks!
hmm. Well, were talking about linking to an HTML page right? Or to your swf?
If an HTML page, I say you're lucky. At least you can place some ads on there and at least recoup something from the extra leech traffic. I don't see what you can do other than set up your server to reject the "referrer".
There are ways to prevent your page from being linked threw an inline frame, or even being right clickable to view your source code. I see this alot when I try to use them instead of opening full bowser windows from links on my site, so I know it's possible.
Look on google for java script codes I am sure they are there.
They are linking direct to my SWF, unfortunately framebuster javascript doesnt seem to work when its an inline frame on another domain.
hmm i dont know a way in java script or html.
You could always Like at the start of your game put your web site and all this about your site like an add that will get more people =)
*or you could always like change the swf file on that iframe page and put like all swearing on it or rude anoying stuff Then they will proberly take it off =) *
You should try it lol.
well, since there linking to the swf that's good...
that means anywhere you have your game website adress advertised it would not be effected by changing the swf address , since the html address would still be the same.
Basically all you have to do is create a new folder in your website directory, and throw the swf in it and then repost the website, the swf will still show up on the html page, but the adress to the swf has now changed.
If they update there site just toss it around in folders for a few weeks, they'll get tired of having to find it.
If they don't give up... since you have your swf embedded on an html page, it is not possible to open the swf alone unless you know it's adress, (eg, www.truimgaz.com/game/my.swf) so turn off the view source option of the page with script, and they will not be able to view source on the html page to see were the swf is being stored in the directory.
Thus they will not be able to figure out were it is on the web.
Also it's a good idea that if you are not activly trying to perform well on search engines you can add this
<META NAME="Robots" CONTENT="none">
This way if someone goes on a search engine such as yahoo, and types your main website adress (eg, www.truimagz.com) and then clicks the option that says "view more pages by this website" the page with that meta will not come up in the list, thus making it even harder to find that page without knowing it's exact adress.
There is very easy solution: rename swf. When they fix the link, rename it again. They give up eventually.
And there is more complex solution. Search for htaccess rewrite rules.
And if you really want to avoid being leached you could build several layers of protection with variables, php and such. Try to link to my game swfs:
http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/start.html
yea i want 2 know how to do that to so people dont steal my games with out my permition
i have no clue *password protect it *
Ah yes, but the beuty of that is the fact you have just commited a crime, linking to something that is publicly viewable is not.
Taking someone else's property is. Something about illegal distribution.
There is a very fine line there.
i have no clue
well you changed your post and now mine makes no sense =/
None of your posts make sence now
You could add an parameter to the swf in your php/html ..
flashvars="id=whatever"
and when this parameter is missing then do not play the game/move ect.
There's no way to prevent people from viewing an html source... as long as a browser can render the page, people can view the source as well (by downloading the page and viewing the source in a text editor).Quote:
so turn off the view source option of the page with script, and they will not be able to view source on the html page to see were the swf is being stored in the directory.
But if they link directly to the swf they can easily add this parameter as well:Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Tender
game.swf?id=whatever
(they do need to figure out that this parameter is needed for the game to work, so it might prevent some leechers though.)
One good solution that I can recommend if someone links directly to an swf is to rename the real file like suggested. Then place a simple .swf with the old file name which just contains a clickable link to the real address (maybe even make it open in a new window). This way you will get traffic from the leecher, and you've kind of indicated to the leeching site how it should have been handled in the first place. And since you've not created any broken link it might take them a long time to notice it, and visitors to their site are unlikely to report anything since they're still able to play the game.
Why not just do it on server level, and turn off hotlinking? Most hosting accounts have a setting for this, and you can send an alternative file. So I send this file : http://www.gamesquid.com/hotlinking.php (which is a dynamically generated swf, showing a message). That will scare them off :)
I do allow 'null referers' - some browsers just don't send a referer in the headers, and I still want them to be able to play my games. But that's a very small percentage.
To the person who claims you can use javascript to prevent people from viewing your html source: erm - no. There are a lot of ways to still get the source. Like tuning of javascript. Or looking through your cache. Or writing a custom browser...
Won't some simple javascript fix this?
Like if(top != self) ...
If not simply loadMovie into _level0 like illegal.swf.
gsb
Yes, but only if they link to the html, not if they link to the swf directly.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsb
Ok... so if the originator, Mark Fennell, used an HTML wrapper page for the swf, when loaded it sets a variable via javascript. So it the swf is accessed directly that fails and the swf knows it has been hijacked. Then it simply loadMovie into _level0 like illegal.swf. ...no?
gsb
Yes, but any HTML code with variables can be copied into leachers page too.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsb