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Nothing & Everything => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Rob on October 30, 2009, 03:07:17 PM

Title: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Rob on October 30, 2009, 03:07:17 PM: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2251971/domains-multi-lingual

:)
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Steve on October 30, 2009, 03:22:25 PM: Eh...
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Govtcheez on October 30, 2009, 03:24:39 PM: They're already multi-lingual
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Rob on October 30, 2009, 03:49:01 PM: ... but only latin alphabet.
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Govtcheez on October 30, 2009, 03:58:33 PM: Well yeah, but they're still multi-lingual.
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Mike on October 30, 2009, 04:35:13 PM: Ok whats the big news. IDNs already work with non latin characters. In fact this has been a huge security problem as of late.
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Rob on October 30, 2009, 04:47:18 PM: Quote from: Mike on October 30, 2009, 04:35:13 PM
Ok whats the big news. IDNs already work with non latin characters. In fact this has been a huge security problem as of late.

Well, I guess someone should have told ICANN. They seem to think it's new, but of course you're more of an authority Mike :)
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Rob on October 30, 2009, 04:48:46 PM: ... and at the moment, tld's are all latin as I understand it. That's what really changes I guess.

edit>> Unless Wired has it wrong too...

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/icann-international-scripts/
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Mike on October 30, 2009, 04:55:51 PM: Ok, must have glossed over the TLD part. That is certainly a different thing then I was thinking. I was thinking of the 2nd level part.

I wonder if the TLD will employ the same trick as the rest of it.
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Jake on October 30, 2009, 06:41:15 PM: great opportunity for new wave of cyber squatting.
Title: Re: шшш.ёптгюрцбфпк.сом
Post by: Mike on October 30, 2009, 06:57:37 PM: Don't forget all the phising that'll be going on. Lets see how many different ways can I create something like looks like "com"