What is client-side URL redirection?

Client-side URL redirection (also called open redirection) on the other hand, is considered to be an input validation flaw that is generally discouraged in modern website development because malware or hackers can tell a web browser to redirect the user to a malicious website without the user’s knowledge.

What is a server-side redirect?

Whenever you use a browser to visit a URL, the browser sends a request to the server, which then directs the browser to the corresponding page. So, with a server-side redirect, the server handles the redirect itself — the browser asks for URL A, and the server will intuitively send it to the new URL B instead.

What is HTTP redirection?

HTTP has a special kind of response, called a HTTP redirect, for this operation. Permanent redirects to preserve existing links/bookmarks after changing the site's URLs, progress pages when uploading a file, etc. In HTTP, redirection is triggered by a server sending a special redirect response to a request.

What happens if a page is redirected?

The result is that whenever a user tries to visit that URL, it automatically redirects them to: mattress/size/queen.com. On the redirected page, users should still be able to find similar information to the original, and they can do it without the annoyance of encountering a page outage. When should you use redirects?