URL Shorteners are evil, here's one to prove it.

Re:URL Shorteners are evil, here's one to prove it. by begemot on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @02:55AM (#905010)

Isn't it a bad idea to retrieve any url since then an attacker could use this service to sql inject without leaving his IP on the victims log?

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Re:URL Shorteners are evil, here's one to prove it. by JoachimSchipper on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @04:51AM (#905114)

Meh. There are plenty of open redirects out there anyway, and using one you made yourself has the disadvantage that you'll be visible in the Referrer logs.

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Re:URL Shorteners are evil, here's one to prove it. by brown9-2 on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @08:20AM (#905274)

I'd imagine most of these services just do GETs, which negates most of that possibility.

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