RE: [idn] homograph attacks

["Michel Suignard" <michelsu@windows.microsoft.com>]

> From: Erik van der Poel [mailto:erik@vanderpoel.org] 
> 
> Seriously, would you please elaborate on your ideas for .com? 
> I would really like to know what you have in mind, 
> specifically, to combat the homograph problem.
> 

Like many of you this is also a learning phase for me, although I have been involved around IDN and IRI issues for quite a while now, and Unicode/10646 much longer. I still think that the best approach is a collective effort probably through the Unicode Consortium with some input from W3C and IETF experts. This was discussed at the last week Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting where many participants wanted to contribute on this topic.

My personal opinion is that gTLDs such as .com can for sure look for ideas in current ccTLD policies but they have different customers and will typically have to be more liberal. This is why I think the script based approach is more practical.
 
Regards,

Michel