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Installing Honey Pots

tinyurl?

Author: N.Bettison (24 Mar 09 10:47am)

Hi there,

Would obfuscating my quicklink url with tinyurl or another url shortening service effect functionality?

Cheers,
Nick

Re: tinyurl?

Author: M.Prince (24 Mar 09 9:01pm)

It probably depends on the redirection service. Some URL redirection services use Javascript for the redirection. Since most bots don't follow Javascript, they'd likely not make it to your QuickLink. If the service uses an Apache-style redirect then it would probably work.

All that said, I'm not sure why you'd want to obfuscate your QuickLink's URL.

Re: tinyurl?

Author: N.Bettison (25 Mar 09 6:34am)

Cool Thanks, so tinyurl should work....

<code>
$ wget http://tinyurl.com/3
--10:32:06-- http://tinyurl.com/3
=> `3'
Resolving tinyurl.com... 195.66.135.131, 195.66.135.138
Connecting to tinyurl.com|195.66.135.131|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopaff.asp?affid=4 [following]
</code>

>>All that said, I'm not sure why you'd want to obfuscate your QuickLink's URL.

Just for fun :)