Re: IDN problem.... :(

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2005 - 10:08:43 CST

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    Peter Kirk <peterkirk at qaya dot org> wrote:

    > On 11/02/2005 11:04, Arcane Jill wrote:
    >
    >> Here's another idea ... the ultimate spoof-proof browser.
    >>
    >> ... (I'd buy one, but they probably wouldn't sell well to the general
    >> public).
    >
    > I wouldn't buy anything which required me to retype URLs like
    > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim
    > (quoted from a recent posting) or longer. Bear in mind that for total
    > security this would need to apply to every hyperlink within a web page.
    > This would destroy the web - or just destroy the product that tries to
    > implement it. It's a bit like solving the airline security problem by
    > grounding all the aeroplanes.

    She was joking, Peter.

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



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