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Display pretty file icons in your ASP.NET applications with IconHandler

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*************************************************Update – 4/26/08:IconHandler 2.0 released.  **************************************************Update – 1/20/2007: Use the IconHandler in conjunction with the DirectoryListingModule to set up a nice-looking directory listing for your IIS website, or create a your own directory listing template.************************************************** Do you like file icons?  I do.  They make it pretty easy to visually digest file lists in Windows,  when … [Read more…]

Stopping hot-linking with IIS and ASP.NET

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Many web sites suffer from others directly linking to their image, video and other content. This practice is called often called leeching, hot-linking, or inline-linking and causes wasted bandwidth and increased server load to the victim web site. Last weekend, I wrote a little ASP.NET module that prevents hot linking. It can be used on … [Read more…]