[Microid] Encode URLs?

Peter Saint-Andre stpeter at jabber.org
Mon Jun 4 18:57:27 EDT 2007


James Cridland wrote:
> Could I just double-check (since this mailing list sprung to life 
> tonight and you've reminded me)...
> 
> The correct Microid for
> http://www.mediauk.com/discussions/profile.muk?mode=viewprofile&u=1 
> <http://www.mediauk.com/discussions/profile.muk?mode=viewprofile&u=1>
> and email address james at cridland.net <mailto:james at cridland.net> is...
> mailto+http:sha1:05d7b7fe2c3a67fab3982b50c9a727c04c9aab9c
> 
> ... correct? claimid.com <http://claimid.com> and the microid.org 
> <http://microid.org> website both claim this is correct.

Following [1] I do this:

$ echo -n 'mailto:james at cridland.net' | openssl dgst -sha1

06733806a68046b01d8bde723c08845d3174122b

$ echo -n 
'http://www.mediauk.com/discussions/profile.muk?mode=viewprofile&u=1' | 
openssl dgst -sha1

825238c1a7114a5d9aee2193bed305222451cae9

$ echo -n 
'06733806a68046b01d8bde723c08845d3174122b825238c1a7114a5d9aee2193bed305222451cae9' 
| openssl dgst -sha1

05d7b7fe2c3a67fab3982b50c9a727c04c9aab9c

So we have intersubjective agreement, at least. ;-)

/psa

[1] http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/microid/2007-January/000087.html

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