hxxp:// for the most part is the standard. If people have reasons not to use it then they should provide it.
That being said I did get an e-mail from someone earlier in response to my suggestions of hxxp:// stating that they had seen an HTML-aware client that attempted to help out and took a site like hxxp://www.site.com and turned the www.site.com into a hyperlink to the site and left the hxxp:// as-is. I haven't come across this, but if that's a widespread issue then maybe it's one to take into account. Steven -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Lee Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:54 PM To: botnets@whitestar.linuxbox.org Subject: Re: [botnets] URL formats hxxp seems to be advantageous for a few reasons: 1. you can still cut and paste the url 2. the protocol handlers won't load it up if you accidently click on it 3. you can add a protocol handler for hxxp for whatever you want 4. easier to recognize domains and patterns (rather than rotted urls) 5. already widely accepted in spam fighting groups 6. trivial to do and undo with no exception cases I figured I'd put down my thoughts to try to help a standard to move forward. On Aug 28, 2008, at 7:07 PM, silky wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Chris Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I was wondering if it would be more helpful if we could propose a >> "standard" >> for posting broken URLs with some form of start/end indicator to >> allow >> easier automated processing from the listings? > > I was thinking that it would be nice to post them just rot13'd. Still > trivially decoded (i use leetkey add-in in ff) but not picked up by > indexers/etc. Advantage is that it can still be searched for common > patterns. > > >> ChrisB. > > > -- > noon silky > http://www.themonkeynet.com/armada/ > _______________________________________________ > botnets@, the public's dumping ground for maliciousness > All list and server information are public and available to law > enforcement upon request. > http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets _______________________________________________ botnets@, the public's dumping ground for maliciousness All list and server information are public and available to law enforcement upon request. http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets _______________________________________________ botnets@, the public's dumping ground for maliciousness All list and server information are public and available to law enforcement upon request. http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets
