Opera fixes IDN 'vulnerability'
News The Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) vulnerability, which affects non-Microsoft browsers such as Opera, Apple's Safari and Firefox, could help phishers create legitimate-looking Web sites. To specifically address the IDN vulnerability, Opera's...
[February 28, 2005, 8:20]
Opera fixes IDN 'vulnerability'
Talkback If this were Microsoft, would 'vulnerability' be in quotes? C'mon, zd.
[February 28, 2005, 16:38]
Phishing flaw found - but not in IE
Talkback One of the biggest arguments out there against IDN is the Phishing argument. The argument therefore develops into the imperative of introducing IDN to prevent Phishing Scams in Asia. Without IDN, it is likely that the confusion over how to...
[November 20, 2005, 14:16]
Firefox phishing flaw fixed
News The open-source project released Firefox 1.0.1 to fix a vulnerability in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), a standard for handling special character sets in domain names that could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers.
[February 25, 2005, 8:15]
Mozilla hits back at browser security claim
News On 6 September an IDN buffer issue was reported to Mozilla. On 9 September we had a configuration change that disabled the IDN problem, that users could implement manually, or they could use a patch. Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued...
[September 20, 2005, 13:10]
Mozilla testing point updates
News Firefox version 1.0.7 and Mozilla version 1.7.12, which fix the IDN flaw, are now being tested, he said. In addition to patching the IDN bug, the new releases include one functionality fix and a handful of fixes for yet undisclosed security...
[September 15, 2005, 9:40]
Firefox flaw gets temporary fix
News We're working on a future release in which we will actually fix the problem and re-enable the IDN feature. Switching off IDN support impacts a subset of Firefox and Mozilla users who actually use such special domain names, he said.
[September 12, 2005, 9:40]
Phishing flaw found - but not in IE
News But instead of taking the victim to the trusted site, the link would lead to a phoney Web site with a domain rendered as the same address under the IDN process. The security weakness in the IDN scheme comes as registrars push for support for...
[February 8, 2005, 8:40]
Registrars accused of stockpiling 74,000 .eu domains
Talkback The registration of EU IDN's. EurID shut the door on that despite plenty of companies (and people) registering an IDN during SunRise. So guess who's going to stockpile EU IDN's in the future? Ofcourse, starting a compliant will get you a charge of...
[July 24, 2006, 23:53]
Criminal hackers reach beyond Windows and IE review
Reviews Mozilla and Firefox have since patched their IDN flaw. An example might be what crackers have done with the vulnerability found in Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) that affects most non-IE browsers.
[March 22, 2005, 7:50]
Hackers pick at Firefox holes
News Experts advise Firefox and Mozilla users to apply the temporary fix provided by the Mozilla Foundation, which disables the IDN feature. Mozilla has posted an advisory on its Web site that includes the patch and instructions to manually disable IDN.
[September 14, 2005, 7:25]
Apple patches Safari phishing flaw
News The security problem affected all browsers that supported Internationalised Domain Names, or IDN, and is not Apple-specific. Other browsers affected by the IDN security issue include the Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla and Firefox, and Opera.
[March 22, 2005, 8:15]
Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain
News The Egyptian government on Monday announced it had applied for an Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) from Icann, the internet naming co-ordinator. This proves that Icann is interested in the multilingual development process of the internet and we...
[November 17, 2009, 15:22]
UnicodeChecker
Downloads Several string conversion functions (IDN, XHTML, CSS, Java, etc.are available from within UnicodeChecker, via the MacOS X "Services" menu and/or via AppleScript UnicodeChecker displays detailed information for every code point from the Unicode...
[October 12, 2009, 3:49]
IE7 feature news emerges
News But a source familiar with Microsoft's plans confirmed a Tuesday report on MicrosoftWatch that IE developers, who have code-named their project Rincon, are at work on non-security features and standards support, including tabbed browsing, support...
[March 17, 2005, 8:00]
It’s all Greek, Persian, Tamil and Cyrillic Russian to me!
Blog You can also find it here http://idn.icann.org The 11 evaluation wikis will remain online until IDNs are fully implemented and the first top-level domain is introduced in the evaluation language. Web users across the planet can now play around with...
[October 20, 2007, 17:51]
ICANN to fast track internationalised domain names
News ICANN's board approved the establishment of an IDN working group at a meeting in Los Angeles earlier this month. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its plans to fast track the development of country-coded...
[November 15, 2007, 9:44]
Nominet consults on international domain names
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer was unaffected, as it does not yet support IDN. Nominet, the organisation that runs the .co.uk domain, wants to know what you think about internationalised domain names containing foreign characters.
[June 7, 2005, 14:40]
Apple patches multiple iPhone, QuickTime flaws
News Hackers could use the International Domain Name (IDN) support and Unicode fonts embedded in Apple's Safari web browser to create a URL which contains lookalike characters. Apple has released patches for several flaws in its iPhone operating system...
[September 10, 2009, 13:43]
