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Mar 16, 2015 at 5:15 history closed Mark
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Duplicate of Does SSL/TLS (https) hide the urls being accessed [duplicate], Are random URLs a safe way to protect profile photos?
Mar 15, 2015 at 14:24 comment added Greg If there are no other controls and the user is aware of precautions as stated in other comments it is adequate assuming an attacker would need to guess the uuid, if it is truely random and not deterministic, to access the document. It is also dependant on the logging she auditing that takes place, how long the document remains accessible, if the documents are indexed by search engines and effort required to gain access to this information.
Mar 15, 2015 at 14:18 comment added Cybergibbons The site where the links are presented is another site entirely. There is no authentication or access control between the two - just the links on the other site to these documents.
Mar 15, 2015 at 13:35 comment added Greg You don't clarify if the site you are accessing has applied access control measures prior to accessing the document. if an authentication token is present and you access the page and served via secure connection it would be less of an issue
Mar 15, 2015 at 11:18 comment added racec0ndition Well, if u want to prevent https from being subverted or downgraded such as in MITM, set the HSTS header, that will prevent this. Recommend it to the web app in question.
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Mar 15, 2015 at 10:17 comment added Cybergibbons Edited question for clarity.
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Mar 15, 2015 at 10:08 comment added Cybergibbons Possible, yes. Though the thing being protected is very different.
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