[users@httpd] Hide URL link of target

[Chris Chia <ch...@tch.anu.edu.au>]

Hi

 

Very newbie question.

 

Is there a way to hide the URL link when hover over the link and also when browser is in the process of connecting to target site.

 

This is a legitimate reason to do so, though browsers may have disable such scenario.

 

Running Ubuntu and apache.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

re: [users@httpd] Hide URL link of target [wd-vc]

["Bremser, Kurt (Allianz Technology GmbH)" <Ku...@allianz.at>]

You can get some hints here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3108425/dont-want-to-show-address-in-the-status-bar-while-hovering-a-link
one of them being the use of javascript like this:
<a href="javascript:;" onclick="location.href='http://conglomo.co.nz/'">Conglomo</a>

But a look at the source code on the browser (you cannot block that from the server) will reveal the URL anyway.
Bottom line: only override the URL in the status bar if you want to put something _really useful_ there, otherwise let it display as usual.

Kurt Bremser
Allianz Technology GmbH

Newton was wrong. There is no gravity. The Earth sucks.
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Von: Chris Chia [chris@tch.anu.edu.au]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. August 2017 11:28
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Betreff: **SPAM?** [users@httpd] Hide URL link of target [wd-vc]

Hi

Very newbie question.

Is there a way to hide the URL link when hover over the link and also when browser is in the process of connecting to target site.

This is a legitimate reason to do so, though browsers may have disable such scenario.

Running Ubuntu and apache.


Thanks



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RE: [users@httpd] Hide URL link of target

["Berneburg, Cris J. - US" <cb...@caci.com>]

Chris

Chris Chia wrote:

Chris> Is there a way to hide the URL link when hover over the link
Chris> and also when browser is in the process of connecting to target site.

Gillis J. de Nijs replied:

Gillis> Displaying the URL when hovering over the link or loading
Gillis> the site is something your browser does, and not something
Gillis> Apache httpd has any control over.

Good point.  :-)

It is possible code all links to call JavaScript to submit forms.  Therefore, each link would require it's own form, and each link would in effect be a POST and not a GET.  Hovering the mouse over a link would not show the URL in the bubble or status bar.

Kurt Bremser also replied:

Kurt> a look at the source code on the browser (you cannot
Kurt> block that from the server) will reveal the URL anyway

Also a good point.  :-)

It might be possible to encode the URL's in the forms in some way to hide the values, but they could still be decoded by a determined person.

--
Cris Berneburg
CACI Lead Software Engineer

Re: [users@httpd] Hide URL link of target

["Gillis J. de Nijs" <gi...@jink.net>]

Hi Chris,

Displaying the URL when hovering over the link or loading the site is
something your browser does, and not something Apache httpd has any control
over.

Cheers,
Gillis

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Chris Chia <ch...@tch.anu.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi
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> Very newbie question.
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> Is there a way to hide the URL link when hover over the link and also when
> browser is in the process of connecting to target site.
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> This is a legitimate reason to do so, though browsers may have disable
> such scenario.
>
>
>
> Running Ubuntu and apache.
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> Thanks
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