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Mozilla Drops Support for International Domains

Posted by Zonk on from the that-was-easy dept.

tsu doh nimh writes "Netcraft has the story that Mozilla has decided to drop support for international domain names in future versions of its Firefox Web browser. The decision comes after demonstrations by the Schmoo Group that the feature can be used to aid in phishing scams and other browser naughtiness." From the article: "The attack can be disabled in Firefox and Mozilla by setting 'network.enableIDN' to false in the browser's configuration (enter about:config in the address bar to access the configuration functions). The Mozilla development team today made this the default setting. Users who want IDN support will be able to turn it on, but will be warned about the risks involved."

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  1. NOOOOOO!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not .cx!!?!? Don't drop support for .cx!!!

  2. Re:Mozilla is an American project by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's this "international" thing people keep talking about?

    It's where you go to fight wars.

  3. Re:Those dirty foreigners by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, dirty foreigner is you

  4. Re:Correction by tehshen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, my favourite is the Cook Islands, because then we can have .co.ck

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  5. Re:Honest question by SmokeHalo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Has anyone actually seen a legitimate IDN in the wild?

    I did once, when I was out hiking in the Appalachians. It ran off before I could photograph it.

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  6. Re:Drops? by erroneus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I wanted to say the same thing so I'll just say it here. They will have disabled it in new downloaded versions... I haven't seen a new release yet but I'm sure the next release it will be disabled by default. Hope it comes about soon but for now... I guess I'll have to switch back to MSIE where I *know* I'll be safe from that ONE kind of attack.

  7. Re:That's International_ized_ Domain Names by Headw1nd · · Score: 2, Funny

    I feel your pain - how do so many long-winded comments spawn so quickly? Twenty minutes and the topic is washed up. I can only assume it's all a trick to get you to buy the subscription.

  8. Better yet by TuringTest · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are websites that use IDN characters... IN JAPAN!

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  9. Guess I'll have to get a day job. by Cyburbia · · Score: 3, Funny
    That's too bad. I just registered bánkofamerïca.com, too.

  10. Well.. by raehl · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's used to send me money, of course.

    Thanks,
    Qal

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    1. Re:Well.. by qal · · Score: 2, Funny

      Damned ID-Theft... Qal

  11. Re:hmph by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What, you need more than three characters? Jeez, computers only have two, and they get by somehow. Whiner.

  12. Solution! by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

    The solution to this whole mess is so simple! Just use numeric addresses!

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