Re: [idn] IDN spoofing

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 23:54:32 CST

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    Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld at dkuug dot dk> wrote:

    > Of cause we should minimize the risks for internet users of being
    > mislead. This could be done by equializing similar characters,
    > like Latin, Cyrillic and greek A, 0 and O, 1 and 1 etc, so that no
    > visual misleading should be possible.

    OK, now fill in the "et cetera," now that you've got the obvious ones
    out of the way.

    As long as Erik has already mentioned it (thank you very much), see my
    post from 3 years ago to see how this task quickly goes from simple to
    tricky to impossible:

    http://ops.ietf.org/lists/idn/idn.2002/msg00498.html

    -Doug Ewell
     Fullerton, California
     http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/



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