Provided are methods and systems for generating user-specific resource URIs for resources shared between users on the Internet. The user for whom the link was created and to whom the link was sent may use the link to access a shared resource; however, the link may not be used by any other user to do the same. No data needs to be created and/or stored on the server-side as a result of the link being provided to the user. Instead, by creating this customized/individualized link for the user, the particular user (and only the particular user) is being granted access to the shared resource. The methods and systems provided obviate the need to maintain any configuration data on the server side, thereby protecting against the possibility of the individualized URIs being forged by an intruder, while preserving the need for the accessing user to be authenticated.