[ NNSquad ] Re: Example of how "de-Latinized" domain names can be subverted

[Saikat Guha <saikat@cs.cornell.edu>]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Rahul Tongia <tongia@cmu.edu> wrote:
> A simple idea/request. ÂCan firefox and other browsers (luckily we
> only have a handful of popular browsers) release a tool/widget I can
> install that lets me pick my language? It would then either translate
> or otherwise highlight alternative languages? ÂE.g., the Cyrillic
> paypal.com would not dispaly as "paypal.com" on top for me. Of course,

IIRC, Firefox displays non-latic characters only for a small set of
whitelisted TLDs. For .com, .org etc., any non-latin domains are shown
as their punycode equivalents (which look like random garbage). So if
you copy paste >>ÑÐyÑÐl.com<< (which is in Cyrillic), it will be shown
as xn--yl-6kcb1fc.com.

[1]  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/tld-idn-policy-list.html

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Saikat