It enable you to disable direct linking based on the refer....
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://www.yourdomain.com/" local_ref=1
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from env=local_ref
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from env=local_ref
Other good stuff I migth want to look into...
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=62003