Re: IDN Security

From: Clark Cox ([email protected])
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 22:02:07 CST

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    On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:16:04 -0800, Mark Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
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    > ‎Mark
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
    > To: "Mark Davis" <[email protected]>
    > Cc: "Unicode Mailing List" <[email protected]>; "UnicoRe Mailing List"
    > <[email protected]>
    > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 16:55
    > Subject: Re: IDN Security
    >
    > >
    > > (Braille is an interesting case, since by rights people using Braille
    > > readers would be registering names in the appropriate scripts, and
    > > merely representing them with Braille patterns, but again, I suppose
    > > it's harmless—I can't see anyone actually wanting to use it)
    > >
    > > The dingbats, obviously, are going to be an interesting battleground of
    > > domain buyers...
    >
    > The only security issues presented, however, would be where they are
    > confusable with other characters.

    Well, would a braille reader render U+0061 and U+2801 identically?
    That is, would a blind person, using a braille interface be fooled by:

    "p⠁ypal.com", "payp⠁l.com" or "p⠁yp⠁l.com"

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    Clark S. Cox III
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