topic Re: Questions about URLs in Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc

Questions about URLs

greygit1 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:18:07 GMT

Is there anyone here who has seen a URL which is very long, and appears to have a time-limit built into the URL. In other words, the URL is not a permanent link.

And may also be limited to a specific connection.

Re: Questions about URLs

ghamilton123 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:13:52 GMT

So something that's handled by a backend service? yes its pretty common

Re: Questions about URLs

Dan_the_Van — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:16:11 GMT

Reset password links tend to expire within a short timeframe.

Re: Questions about URLs

greygit1 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:08:39 GMT

It definitely wasn't a password reset request.

It was a link to a document at Companies House.

Re: Questions about URLs

ghamilton123 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:38:20 GMT

S3 document url, thats normal.

Re: Questions about URLs

greygit1 — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:05:07 GMT

Surprising what you can learn around here

Re: Questions about URLs

ghamilton123 — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:59:08 GMT

@greygit1 Would like to add, these links are common all over the internet, the images you see on instagram? they have a fingerprint and other data, and expire after a certain amount of time, the actual url of the youtube video your watching, same premise

Re: Questions about URLs

greygit1 — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:26:07 GMT

In which case it isn't a URL, is it?

Re: Questions about URLs

ghamilton123 — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:53:07 GMT

That is still a URL