Find out where shortened URLs lead to without clicking

[tuyvor]

Just discovered this tool: http://urlxray.com/
Cool if you don't want to click!

 

[eleph4nt]

I prefer this one: https://wheregoes.com/
It tells you the status codes, if there are cookies in use and you can also get a permanent address with the results.

 

[th3tr0ll]

Hello, just to let you guys know the same can be achieved without using those external services.
You just need to use `curl` from any terminal.

$> curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 | grep -i Location location: http://wyc5600.go.51.net/

 

[tuyvor]

Hello, just to let you guys know the same can be achieved without using those external services.
You just need to use `curl` from any terminal.

$> curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 | grep -i Location location: http://wyc5600.go.51.net/

Thanks th3tr0ll, but the idea is also not to give your identity to the bit.ly server (like an osint musthave). But, right, you leave it to the tool itself. But only one trace at the end.

 

[tuyvor]

Hello, just to let you guys know the same can be achieved without using those external services.
You just need to use `curl` from any terminal.

$> curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 | grep -i Location location: http://wyc5600.go.51.net/

Thanks th3tr0ll, but the idea is also not to give your identity to the bit.ly server (like an osint musthave). But, right, you leave it to the tool itself. But only one trace at the end.

 

[th3tr0ll]

Thanks th3tr0ll, but the idea is also not to give your identity to the bit.ly server (like an osint musthave). But, right, you leave it to the tool itself. But only one trace at the end.

Well, just saying but you can always proxy the `curl' command ...


$> curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 --socks5 135.125.***.**:98** -U c8a00*******:c8a00******* | grep -i Location


However, these website might be useful to someone non-practical of linux.

 

[tuyvor]

Well, just saying but you can always proxy the `curl' command ...


$> curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 --socks5 135.125.***.**:98** -U c8a00*******:c8a00******* | grep -i Location


However, these website might be useful to someone non-practical of linux.

You're right. Useful also if you don't have any proxy IP available.

 

[kirlilik]

well, for IP anonymity you can always leverage Tor, "torifying" the command:

torify curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 | grep -i Location

or if you have Tor service running on localhost (i assume this is listening on standard port 9050, otherwise replace the port number)

curl -sLI https://bit.ly/123 --socks5 localhost:9050 | grep -i Location