On Tuesday, Sep 10, 2002, at 18:45 US/Eastern, Michael Fowler wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 11:56:59PM -0600, Jose Malacara wrote: >> Is there an easy way to hide ,or spoof, a URL when outputting to html >> with >> perl? For example if I was running a script in my cgi-bin directory, >> but >> wanted the URL to appear differently so as to hide location of my >> cgi-directory. >> >> For example, if a visitor is looking at a page located at: >> www.mywebsite.com/cgi-bin/forms/hello.cgi, but the URL would appear as >> www.mywebsite.com/hello.cgi or just www.mywebsite.com. Can this be >> done >> perhaps by passing the browser a fake http location header or >> something? > > What is the purpose of trying to "hide" the URL from a user? However > you > obscure the URL the user must still be able to access the CGI script. > For me, its h4x0r paranoia. The more a script looks like a static html file, the better, IMHO. Not that it will stop or even slow down an attacker, I do it anyway whenever possible. For Jose, it may be something as simple as him not wanting his users to have to type so much. Best, GmG -- Nothing good comes from the earth anymore. -Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop, 2071 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
