Mozilla Implements TLD Whitelist for Firefox in Response to IDN Homogr aphs Spoofing
Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
fergdawg at netzero.net
Wed Jul 27 13:47:14 UTC 2005
Not sure if anyone has seen this, or not...
Via CircleID:
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Mozilla Foundation has announced changes to Firefox concerning Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to deal with homograph spoofing attacks. According to the organization, "Mozilla Foundation products now only display IDNs in a whitelist of TLDs, which have policies stating what characters are permitted, and procedures for making sure that no homographic domains are registered to two different entities."
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http://www.circleid.com/article/1148_0_1_0_C/
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