Conor Wynne wrote:
>Hi all,
>>This is pretty shocking, and on FC3 I cannot tell the difference between
>the real paypal and the faked one.
>>Whats worse is the fact the IE does not have this problem.
>>I'm surprised no-one has brought this up as it directly affects linux
>users aswell as dozers.
>>http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_idn_spoofing_test>>All my online buying is at an end untill this is resolved (not that I have
>any cash left)
>>Regards
>Conor
>>I don't know whether there is any connection between this thread and the
following but as it hasn't been mentioned here yet, here's mozilla's
response to this mess:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/007556.html
Basically the user will have to enable IDN in the next builds of
Mozilla/Firefox if they want it.
For a little more detail on just what they are doing:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282270
Niall
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