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Web Browsers and International Domain Names

posted by martyb on Sunday March 11 2018, @10:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the söylêntnéws.org dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Brian Krebs writes on how browsers choose to display IDN. The issue here is of course spoofing valid URLs with visually similar letters. You probably would notice the lame attempt in the department line but some of the international characters are very similar or indeed identical. Depending on your personal preferences it might be a good idea to use punycode instead. Could save you a headache later.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/look-alike-domains-and-visual-confusion/

Here are some of the applicable RFCs:

  • RFC 3490 - Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
  • RFC 3491 - Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
  • RFC 3492 - Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
  • RFC 3986 - Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
  • RFC 4690 - Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • RFC 5890 - Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
  • RFC 5891 - Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol
  • RFC 5892 - The Unicode Code Points and Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)
  • RFC 5893 - Right-to-Left Scripts for Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)
  • RFC 5894 - Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday March 12 2018, @09:16AM (4 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday March 12 2018, @09:16AM (#651262) Homepage
    URLs are a related issue, DNS was the matter in hand, but in general my opinions are similar.
    The internet was internetting first, if the rest of the world wants to play, it should adapt to the internet, not have the internet adapt to it.
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  • (Score: 2) by massa on Monday March 12 2018, @07:28PM (3 children)

    by massa (5547) on Monday March 12 2018, @07:28PM (#651484)

    You do realize the "rest of the world" internet is far bigger than the USofA internet, don't you?

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 13 2018, @07:37AM (2 children)

      by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday March 13 2018, @07:37AM (#651718) Homepage
      Since when has "more populous" meant "better"?

      As I said initially - let them invent their own internet.
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      • (Score: 2) by massa on Tuesday March 20 2018, @02:21PM (1 child)

        by massa (5547) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @02:21PM (#655391)

        We did. And we even let you USofAns in :-)

        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:34PM

          by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:34PM (#655465) Homepage
          Don't taint me with that association. I'll welcome with open arms any USian who wants to get the fuck out of the shithole they were cursed to be born in, but apart from that, the US can disappear up its own septic arsehole for all I care.

          You see there's no hypocrisy in my statement - I happily promote the American Standard Code for Information Interchange as being what the internet was built around despite not being American.
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