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#12453 Its possible to block download managers with AdminTools?

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 28 May 2012 03:48 CDT

Monday, 28 May 2012 03:35 CDT

user60780
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Admin Toolshtaccess.
Joomla! version: 2.5.4
PHP version: 5.3.13
MySQL version: 5.1.55
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Admin Tools version: 2.2.6

Description of my issue:
Hi,
i have a simple question, its possible to block download managers (eg. IDM) using AdminTools? Iam using a webplayer to play videos located on my server through joomla, but the download managers can catch the adress and allow direc download.

best regards,

Tomas

Monday, 28 May 2012 03:36 CDT

nicholas
You can do so by using Admin Tools' .htaccess Maker and its user agent blocking feature. All you need to do is assemble a list of the user agents of all of the download managers you want to block. You can see some of the most common download managers in the default list shipped with Admin Tools.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Monday, 28 May 2012 03:39 CDT

user60780
Hi Nicholas,

thank you for your very fast reply. But, one more question, any hint\way how to get the list of the user agents used? Is there any way to get this information?

Tomas

Monday, 28 May 2012 03:43 CDT

nicholas
I will tell you how I got the information for mine: I used Google :) For example, let's search "idm user agent" to get a reply for your original question. So it seems that IDM can't be blocked because it uses the same UA string as the browser.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 28 May 2012 03:45 CDT

user60780
Hi Nicholas,

yes, i used google too and found something similar, that its impossible to block it, but still i thought there is a way. Anyway, thank you for your reply and help.

Tomas

Monday, 28 May 2012 03:48 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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