[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #882: Tahoe URIs and gateway URLs are too long and ugly

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

On 03/04/2010 02:27 PM, Jody Harris wrote:
> You could run the qrcode through one of the tinyurl.com-type sites and
> get something like this:
> http://tinyurl.com/y8oscso
> <img src="http://tinyurl.com/y8oscso">
>
> Maybe.
>    

Well, that's a general solution for making too-long urls shorter.  But 
it means you're 1) depending on that service remaining up to keep the 
(indirect) cap valid, and 2) trusting the the URL-shortening service 
with potentially private caps, and 3) reducing the search space for a 
third party who wants to brute-force search for caps.

     J