Sharing protected files and images
You may use referrer whitelist to share protected files between websites or
servers but this method will not work for some media types because it requires
user-dependent HTTP referrer check.
If you use LINK protection method there is a better solution:
Install HotlinkBlocker on every site that will use protected content and
enable LINK protection method. This step is required because HotlinkBlockes
will process links on pages only if there is at least one LINK protected folder.
You may use @^$ directory pattern
on sites that do not have any protected content inside to match nothing.
Then replicate Signature value for all sites that require access to the protected
content and add /xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ template to the links
as described in LINK protection method. You
may also need to synchronize clock to share files between different servers.
Now you can link to the protected content from other sites because HotlinkBlocker
will sign links there.
But keep your signatures in safe place because if intruder get this private
signature it will be possible to generate a valid links to your content for
example by using another instance of HotlinkBlocker installed on malicious
server. If you lost private signature simply generate new one and share it
again.