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Or maybe it's good that HN doesn't support punycode so that you can know immediately that you're visiting an IDN domain name, and people don't try to sneak in s
by walrus01 3y ago
Or maybe it's good that HN doesn't support punycode so that you can know immediately that you're visiting an IDN domain name, and people don't try to sneak in submissions with IDF homograph similarities to troll or pretend to be a site that they're not.
- mariusor 3y agoI doubt that a malicious punycode host name would pass muster more than a minute under the scrutiny of the HN crowd.
- walrus01 3y agoIndeed so, but it would be amusing to see someone try. More likely someone would register a $11 throw away .com or .net domain to host a temporary httpd and post as a joke with some hand crafted satire of a new tech product, which has lots of potential.