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gixen_user111
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:59 am    Post subject: GIXEN affiliate link improvement Reply with quote

Hi,

as for now, Gixen affiliate links look like this:
Code:
<a href="http://www.gixen.com/index.php" name="username" target="_blank">
eBay Sniper
</a>


IMHO, it would be better to scramble the eBay username in a some way (e. g., replace it with a hash).
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree. I will see that I implement that.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:04 pm    Post subject: Salt? Reply with quote

It seems it would be better to prepare the input string in some way before hashing.
E. g.: by appending some unrelated stuff to the input string, make the hash somewhat "salted".

With the current setup, it's quite easy to find out the real usernames by simple Google searching of the hash. Sorry for sounding a little bit paranoid Cool
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