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Ask HN: Best practice for public links that are private

1 pointsby zazaalazaalmost 8 years ago
I&#x27;m trying to build a web app where users can share sensitive information with their trusted friends via a public link.<p>I&#x27;m thinking of making it password protected, so you need the link plus a code.<p>I want this feature so an attacker cannot just brute force all link combinations to get the user profiles.<p>I was wondering if there is a better way to do this than passwords

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Chris2048almost 8 years ago
an attacker can always BF all combinations, you just have to make the space so large they are unlikely to find anything.<p>Probably a good question for a Stack Overflow?