FAQ

How can I protect my site against Netdisaster attacks?

Netdisaster is only meant for fun! Just as with any other kind of jokes, users should take care not hurting each other. As you can guess, I cannot control the way people use Netdisaster.

Following the Yahoo! incident, Netdisaster users can no longer link to a disaster. Each user uses Netdisaster strictly privately.

However, if you really don't like the idea that people can attack your site using Netdisaster, all you need is block netdisaster.com as a referrer, on your server.

Here is an example of .htacces syntax to block Netdisaster as a referrer:

This is very simple:
- if you haven't a .htaccess file yet, create en empty text file and name it ".htaccess".
- copy and paste the above code into the .htaccess file
- upload it to your server, at the root of your site

If the .htaccess method cannot be used, or seems to complicated, you can easily add a simple line of javascript to the page you want to protect against Netdisaster attacks:

This method is not as accurate as the first one but should work in most cases.

Otherwise, write to the webmaster to request that your site's URL be filtered (access denied by Netdisaster itself).

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