Re: Unicode and Security

From: Michael \(michka\) Kaplan (michka@trigeminal.com)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00:30 EST


From: "Gaspar Sinai" <gsinai@yudit.org>

> If the standard wants me to confuse the user, I would
> rather dump the standard than comply.

Well, don't let the door hit you in the a** on the way out?

Te users will be less confused than you realize -- only people who walk in
with agendas see the flaws you claim.

> Talking about characters: I think bi-di should not be in
> Unicode Standard because it is not a character.
> It is an algorithm.

And it is documented as such.

Clearly what you want of Unicode does not match what it actually is -- when
my wife and I realized such about each other, she became my ex-wife. Since
that is your goal here, I guess your "divorce" from Unicode should not be a
surprise?

<snip out of order>

> Thank you for mentioning Yudit - I don't need
> advertisement, there are enough users.

Perhaps some will leave if you are honest about your "divorce" though -- you
might be surprised how many people follow the standard?

> I also start think this thread is a waste of time.
> This thread won't solve the our problem.

The only issue though is that we do not have a problem, here?

> I feel sorry for interrupting in the "Let's praise and
> celebrate Unicode" mood of this mailing list.

Sorry, thats not the mood of the list. But in order to have a healthy
respect for the people who give sound and reasonable arguments, we must show
a matching lack of respect for those who give specious arguments.

> I updated:
> http://www.yudit.org/security/
> I wanted to remove it after solving the problem, but
> it seems that this page will stay.

The problem is solved, though. The real problem at this point can be found
at
http://www.yudit.org/gaspar/ though.

MichKa

Michael Kaplan
Trigeminal Software, Inc. -- http://www.trigeminal.com/



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