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Re: HXXP browser protocol
From: Landon Stewart <lstewart () superb net>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:21:22 -0700
On 13 September 2012 09:38, Sean Harlow <sean () seanharlow info> wrote:
Using "hxxp" is a common method to prevent auto-linking by various email/IM clients and/or forum software to then require the user to actively copy/paste the URL to get the content. In the case of a security alert, I could see it being used if the destination is in fact an example of an attack site to prevent someone from inadvertently clicking the link and getting infected.
All true and commonly used but it's worth mentioning that putting a space before the *dot TLD* is a better way to prevent auto linking in email/IM clients since most of them detect the formation URLs by other means rather than rely on the exitence of http://. -- Landon Stewart <LStewart () Superb Net> Sr. Administrator Systems Engineering Superb Internet Corp - 888-354-6128 x 4199 Web hosting and more "Ahead of the Rest": http://www.superbhosting.net
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- HXXP browser protocol Matthew Black (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Sean Harlow (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Landon Stewart (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Sean Harlow (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Sean Harlow (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Landon Stewart (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Ricky Beam (Sep 13)
- Re: HXXP browser protocol Sean Harlow (Sep 13)