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make sure you're actually at google.com and not go0gle.com And how about the domain with a character that looks more like 'o' than '0'? There was something on
by e40 10y ago
make sure you're actually at google.com and not go0gle.com
And how about the domain with a character that looks more like 'o' than '0'? There was something on HN recently about that. The example given would have completely fooled me, since it looked the same as the real domain.
- seanp2k2 10y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack is what you're referencing, I believe :)
- Magicstatic 10y agoInteresting enough, HN itself was actually susceptible to this and it was reported by a security researcher: https://news.ycombinator.com/security.html https://news.ycombinator.com/security.html