bugtraq - Re: Apple Safari: idn urlbar spoofing

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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:27:40 +0200
From: Robert Swiecki <jagger@...ecki.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Apple Safari: idn urlbar spoofing

Michal Zalewski wrote:

> Whether Safari devs are to blame here exclusively, I'm not sure - IDN
> concept is by itself pretty evil, and this can be viewed simply a clever
> take on homograph attacks.

I found out that firefox has a configuration property:
network.IDN.blacklist_chars. It includes the character used in the
demonstration (&#x3164; - HANGULL FILLER) and many more. So, the problem
seems to be known (at least in firefox).

-- 
Robert Swiecki
http://www.swiecki.net