Resending [Phishing net and international characters]

[Julian Field]

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How is MailScanner going to know that %E9 is the same as é ?

Denis Beauchemin wrote:

> Hello Julian,
>
> Someone told me that our phishing net believes ALL accented characters 
> are bad, as seen here:
> <a href="http://www.%E9.com"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner 
> soup&ccedil;onne le lien "www._BAD_.com" d'&ecirc;tre une tentative de 
> fraude de la part de</b></font> www.&eacute;.com</a><br>
>
> The source of the message was:
> <a href="http://www.%E9.com">www.&eacute;.com</a>
>
> I know there are many vulnerabilities with IDN, but they will probably 
> get mainstream soon.  I found this article about Netscape 7 that dates 
> back July 2003: 
> http://devedge-temp.mozilla.org/viewsource/2003/idn/index_en.html
>
> So, is this a bug in MS or a desing decision?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Denis
> PS: I sent this message 2 hours ago and I still haven't seen it back...
>

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