Locking by string. Is this safe/sane?

Question

I need to lock a section of code by string. Of course the following code is hideously unsafe:

lock(\"http://someurl\")
{
    //bla
}

So I\'

Answer 1

Another option is to get the HashCode of each URL, then divide it by a prime number and use it as an index into an array of locks. This will limit the number of locks you need while letting you control the probability of a “false locking” by choose the number of locks to use.

However the above is only worthwhile if it is too costly just have one lock per active url.