Re: IDN spoofing

From: Erik van der Poel (erik@vanderpoel.org)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 19:27:07 CST

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    VeriSign folks:

    I seem to have written something that might upset someone again. I am
    really sorry. You guys have done a lot of good work and put a lot of
    information on your Web site regarding IDN. A lot of it is educational
    in nature, and a lot of it seems to indicate that you have sound
    policies in place.

    http://verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory-services/naming-services/internationalized-domain-names/index.html

    It was unfair of me to accuse you (and other TLD operators) of only
    wanting to make money (and not being interested in the phishing problem).

    I apologize, and hope that you will send comments to one or both of
    these mailing lists when you're ready.

    Respectfully,

    Erik

    I wrote:
    > Also, I'm guessing that any "one label, one writing system" rule cannot
    > really be mandated, since TLD operators have historically been free to
    > do whatever they want, to make as much money as they want. So this rule
    > would just be a guideline (Klensin's document is titled "Suggested
    > Practices ...") and the TLD operators could follow it, if they wish to
    > combat the IDN spoofing problem more than they wish to make money (in
    > the short term :-)

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