order allow,deny deny from all Options +FollowSymLinks #block access to folder other than software referrer for these type files RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} !^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.* [NC] #browsers send blank referrer so block url in browser too #you might allow here but then block in sub domain #optional but not always recommended - allow blank referrer #we leave this off for good reason #RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteRule .*\.(txt|pdf|docx|doc)$ - [F,NC,L] #end block