Treasure Map

UH!TreasureMap!HTML

  21 March 2005

Description

Wrapping a <map> with an HREF so that a bad URL is made to look safe.

Submitted by Nick FitzGerald.

Example

<A HREF="<safe_URL_to_lure_the_unwary>">
<map name="FPMap0">
<area coords="0, 0, 623, 349" shape="rect" href="<bad_url>">
</map>
<img SRC="<img_url>" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0">
</A>

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