Re: Unicode domain names issue (Encrypting a "fake" domain name)

Anne van Kesteren <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:53:48 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.security
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Martin Heaps <[email protected]> wrote:
> LetsEncrypt has a valid encryption certificate for the fake domain,

It's not a fake domain, it just looks alike, but it's a valid domain
for all intents and purposes and Let's Encrypt should not do a
registrar's job. That registrars allow lookalikes to be assigned to
different entities is a problem.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332714 tracks this.


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