Comments on: Fixing the IDN problem in Mozilla http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem scratched tallies on the prison wall Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-547 sil Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-547 <p>Second thought: an <span class="caps">IDN</span> will, in general, be entirely composed of non-ASCII characters. Yes, yes, I know that it’s entirely possible that Valve will register HλLF-LIFE.com or similar, but I think that it’s reasonable to say: if you’re visiting an <span class="caps">IDN</span> with a mix of <span class="caps">ASCII</span> and non-ASCII characters, pop up an alert. Something like the “you are about to log into site N with username X” alert you get with username:password@domain URLs.</p> Second thought: an IDN will, in general, be entirely composed of non-ASCII characters. Yes, yes, I know that it’s entirely possible that Valve will register HλLF-LIFE.com or similar, but I think that it’s reasonable to say: if you’re visiting an IDN with a mix of ASCII and non-ASCII characters, pop up an alert. Something like the “you are about to log into site N with username X” alert you get with username:password@domain URLs.

]]> By: Senji http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-548 Senji Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-548 <p>Unfortunately there are IDNs consisting entirely of non-ASCII characters that are still phishing attacks (because there are correspondences outside <span class="caps">ASCII</span>).</p> <p>Also, even simple names like www.thérèse.me.uk fail your test…</p> Unfortunately there are IDNs consisting entirely of non-ASCII characters that are still phishing attacks (because there are correspondences outside ASCII).

Also, even simple names like http://www.thérèse.me.uk fail your test…

]]> By: Senji http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-549 Senji Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-549 <p>Also, <strong>something</strong> is buggered up there….</p> <p>“Also, even simple names like www.thérèse.me.uk fail your test…” is what I see having posted that….</p> Also, something is buggered up there….

“Also, even simple names like http://www.thérèse.me.uk fail your test…” is what I see having posted that….

]]> By: Senji http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-550 Senji Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-550 <p>Gah!</p> Gah!

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-551 sil Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-551 <p>Senji: hm. So, I am not right, then. Sadly, it worked when I did it, so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…</p> Senji: hm. So, I am not right, then. Sadly, it worked when I did it, so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…

]]> By: mrben http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-552 mrben Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-552 <p>I suggested this <a href="http://www.jedimoose.org/index.php/archives/2005/02/18/idn-issues/">last month</a> as a solution. Obviously not enough important people read my blog :(</p> I suggested this last month as a solution. Obviously not enough important people read my blog :(

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-553 sil Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-553 <p>mrben: The reason I preferred my solution to yours is that yours just says “something is weird about this <span class="caps">URL</span>” without telling you what the weird thing is…</p> mrben: The reason I preferred my solution to yours is that yours just says “something is weird about this URL” without telling you what the weird thing is…

]]> By: Senji http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2005/03/13/problem/comment-page-1#comment-554 Senji Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2005/03/13/problem/#comment-554 <p>Hmm, and as a result of the bogosity that’s ended up in my comment your page contains some invalid <span class="caps">UTF</span>-8. Hmm…</p> <p>In the first comment you appear to have gained an 0xC2 in the middle of both multi-byte characters, in the second one it’s even more complicated.</p> Hmm, and as a result of the bogosity that’s ended up in my comment your page contains some invalid UTF-8. Hmm…

In the first comment you appear to have gained an 0xC2 in the middle of both multi-byte characters, in the second one it’s even more complicated.

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