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ASP.NET MVC - Prevent Image Leeching with a Custom RouteHandler

published 869 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes ago posted by

Mikesdotnetting 873 days, 4 hours, 9 minutes ago

ASP.NET MVC - Prevent Image Leeching with a Custom RouteHandler Have you ever noticed an unusually high number of requests in your web server log files for image files? It may well be that someone is linking to your images from their own site, and basically stealing your bandwidth. Here's how to implement a custom RouteHandler within an ASP.NET MVC application to prevent people leeching your images.

To begin with, I'll start by reviewing the flow of execution when a request comes ...