Mozilla Implements TLD Whitelist for Firefox in Response to IDN Homogr aphs Spoofing

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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/

- ferg

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