Fur further reference, wiki gives the following reasons for hxxp or other
similar methods of URL obfuscation:
Some of the uses of this method include:
* to avoid passing the HTTP referrer header which would reveal the referring
web site to the target.
* avoiding automated web crawlers from follo
On Sep 13, 2012, at 17:21, Landon Stewart wrote:
> 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 e
On 13 September 2012 09:38, Sean Harlow 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
The reason I ask is that we received a security alert with a link
hxxp://pastebin.com/###.
hxxp has been around for a long time. It's a lame hack that was never
widely accepted by browsers. The purpose was to have a clickable link
that didn't send a referer. (i.e. copy-n-paste) There was
On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:34, Matthew Black wrote:
> Checking if anyone else has heard of this protocol. It seems to be a method
> of bypassing security filtering software.
>
> The reason I ask is that we received a security alert with a link
> hxxp://pastebin.com/###.
>
> Seems very suspicious a
Checking if anyone else has heard of this protocol. It seems to be a method of
bypassing security filtering software.
The reason I ask is that we received a security alert with a link
hxxp://pastebin.com/###.
Seems very suspicious and want to know if anyone can shed light. Is this a new
phishi
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