.htaccess allow localhost problem
Leo's answer solved my issue. This is what I have set up so I can block direct access to images:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<Files ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|pdf|txt|bmp|mp4|mov|ogg|wmv|webm|flv|mpg|mp2|mpeg|mpe|mpv|m4p|m4v|mp3|wav|acc|oga|m4a)$">
order deny,allow
deny from all
Require local
allow from all
</Files>
</IfModule>
I didn't want to type out the ip, incase the local ip changed later
Require local
The local provider allows access to the server if any of the following conditions is true:
- the client address matches 127.0.0.0/8
- the client address is ::1
- both the client and the server address of the connection are the same
This allows a convenient way to match connections that originate from the local host:
Require local
Use the order the other way around, ie:
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1