Re: state of homograph attacks

[Richard Jacobsen <richard () unixboxen net>]

For some reason, manually adding it to prefs.js with a text editor did not 
work for me.  However, configuring it from about:config worked for me.

Open up firefox, put about:config into the address bar, and then change
network.enableIDN to false by double clicking on it.  If it is working
successfully, you should get a message "domainname.com could not be found" 
when clicking on an IDN link.  You shouldn't need to restart your browser.

Richard

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:40:49PM +0100, Gerald Holl wrote:
> fulldisclosure () cubesearch com wrote:
> > V.    Workaround
> >
> > You can disable IDN support in mozilla products by setting
> > 'network.enableIDN' to false.  There is no workaround known for Opera or
> > Safari.
>
> Hello,
>
> I use Firefox 1.0 on GNU/Linux but the workaround doesn't work if I
> close the browser. No idea what's wrong ...
>
> cheers,
> Gerald
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