Images in FS - htacess protection from hotlinking

[shockspoon]

Since the number of images stored in my db became very big,I decided to migrate them to the filesystem.

I would like to store them "directly", without the database hit for usergroup permissions.

If I put a htaccess script in the images folder, will it be sufficient to prevent hotlinking fror someone who knows the exact URL?

I mean the URL will be like:

http://www.XXXXXX.gr/vb/picture.php?...pictureid=XXXX

Will htacess cope with that?

Thanx in advance

[shockspoon]

Anyone?

[Jose Amaral Rego]

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