Free & super easy open source web service `` Link Lock '' review that can create URL with password



It's a daily practice to tell someone the URL, such as when sharing data uploaded to cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Drive. Using the open source service ' Link Lock ' that is released for free, you can easily set a password for the URL.

Link Lock-Password-protect links

https://jstrieb.github.io/link-lock/create/

GitHub-jstrieb / link-lock: Distributed application to password-protect URLs using AES in the browser
https://github.com/jstrieb/link-lock

When you access the website immediately, you will be prompted to enter the URL and password.



Enter the URL for which you want to apply a password ……



Enter a hint if needed.



Enter your password.



Click 'ADVANCED' to access additional encryption features. Link Lock uses AES as an encryption algorithm, and you can use a random initialization vector or salt by checking the box in the red frame.



After entering the URL and password, click 'Encrypt'.



Then, the URL encrypted by Link Lock was output. You can copy the URL by clicking the 'Copy' button, or open the URL in a new tab by clicking the 'Open in New Tab' button.



When I accessed the output URL, a screen asking me to enter the password was displayed.



Enter the password and click “OK” ……



The website was displayed properly.



If you enter the wrong password, the following screen will be displayed. You can re-enter the password by clicking 'Try again'. Click 'Lock a link' to return to the Link Lock website.



You can also use it like

CAPTCHA authentication by devising a hint setting.



Link Lock does not store any password or other information on the server side, nor does it store cookies in the browser. The source code of Link Lock is available on GitHub.

GitHub-jstrieb / link-lock: Distributed application to password-protect URLs using AES in the browser
https://github.com/jstrieb/link-lock

in Review,   Software,   Web Application, Posted by darkhorse_log