I would have to say probably a combination of both. Thanks :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: hiding a URL
> > 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] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
