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

Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:35:46 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.security
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On 4/18/17 5:32 PM, Kai Engert wrote:
> IIUC, Dan said, mixed scripts are always shown as xn--, never rendered.

Who said anything about mixed scripts?

> I think that means, if thete are two different domains, that are rendered similarly, must originate from two different scripts.

Yes, correct.  Like the cyrillic/latin case here.

> If correct, then displaying the name of the script next to the rendering (cyrillic: epic.com) could be sufficient to allow them to be distinguished

To be clear, that wasn't the proposal I was replying to.

Will be display "Latin:" next to every non-punycode domain, so we're not 
making non-English-speakers second-class citizens?

-Boris