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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by AmazingTurtle on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:42AM (#25113753)
Interesting, I just did http://nlsn.cf/54.

I just found a "bug" that can be abused (in chrome at very least).

URL('http:53') returns https://0.0.0.53 (it casts the int32 number to an ip address, dont' ask why). But window.location.replace behaves differently and treats it as a relative URL.

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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by philshem on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:52AM (#25113889)
You should submit this bug as an issue in the repository.

Oh, wait.

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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by nelsontky on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:47PM (#25114659)
Wow.. I don't even know where to start.. Thanks for the heads up that's cool beans!
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Re:Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be entirely h... by tomcat27 on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:47AM (#25113822)
lol github folks will need to start sanitizing the titles since now its trending on HN.
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