To strengthen video playback permission control, Tencent Cloud VOD has launched a hotlink protection solution that can prevent hotlinking by checking the Referer or generating a Key.
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Once configured, it will take around 5 minutes for the hotlink protection to take effect on all CDN nodes.
Referer Hotlink Protection
- Log in to the VOD Console and click Distribution and Playback > Domain Name on the left sidebar.
- Click Settings in the row of the target domain name to enter the configuration page.
- Click Edit on the right of Referer Hotlink Protection, toggle it on, and configure the following options:
- Allow Empty Referer: select Yes or No.
- Select Object: select Blocklist or Allowlist and enter the desired domain name in the text box below.
- Click OK to save the configuration.
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For more information, please see Referer Hotlink Protection.
Key Hotlink Protection
- Log in to the VOD Console and click Distribution and Playback > Domain Name on the left sidebar.
- Click Settings in the row of the target domain name to enter the configuration page.
- Click Edit on the right of Key Hotlink Protection, toggle it on, and configure the following options:
- Click Generate Random Key and the system will automatically generate a hotlink protection key.
- Click Copy and the system will copy the key to the clipboard.
- Click OK to save the configuration.
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For more information, please see Key Hotlink Protection.
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