Hi,

I frequently write systems that generate URL which are sent by email, for example: 

http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/script/script.pl?Param1=Value&Param2=val
+ue&Param3=value

[download]

I would like to alter this to: 

http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/script/script.pl/dflskjdfsdkf

[download]

where "dflskjdfsdkf" is the parameters encoded in some form. The advantage of doing this are:

- The URL is shorter (and therefore less likely to be split into two lines by an email package)
- The user isn't tempted to try modifying the parameters
- The URL can be easily checksummed

Any thoughts as to the best way to go about this?

PS: "pack" and "md5" come to mind.

regards,

-- Michael Snell
-- michael@snell.com

In reply to Encoding/compress CGI GET parameters by snellm

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