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Short URLs you probably cannot type | séó.com

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Make sure you're escaping user input. I got a revealing MySQL error before and found that I _could_ have injected some nasty strings.

Teehee.

"Error: MYSQL related..."

I didn't think it'd get so many URls, it's getting hammered.

Great for testing, might even make it to the kanji: http://séó.com/何

1) How is an untypeable URL useful, except as a cute hack?

2) It's not really untypeable anyway, as it gets translated to Punycode which you could remember and then type.

It's as useful as you make it, for example if you have a URL, say your Facebook profile, and don't want your parents to know but still want to share it, you could write it out and share it. It requires the other person being able to understand how to use the tools required to type it.

It get's untypeable when it gets into the Kanji, so something like ㋖ュ isn't really untypeable but it will take you a bit.

Yes, and a short, unsearchable domain name that I can't type either.

Allows invalid characters: http://séó.com/!]

Am I doing something wrong? http://debian.org, theregister.co.uk, and slashdot.org were all "malware".

MySQL Error? http://imgur.com/wFpNW

I think I have fixed it, thanks!

But, if you use iPhone, it's easy for type "séó.com".

please pardon my ignorance but how exactly this is different from tinyurl.com or bit.ly?

Harder to type.

Also shorter.

tinyarro.ws already uses unicode symbols for shortening URLs: http://➞.ws/첌

No you weren't doing anything wrong, I was updating the malware database and how it checks for malware.

http://www.google.com is also malware.

seiken densetsu 3.. the sequel to secret of mana for the SNES.. god that was a great game !

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