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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: idn.el and confusables.txt
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 13:31:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrhq5wfj.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83ei3yhlbl.fsf@gnu.org

On Mon, 16 May 2011 15:38:38 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote: 

>> From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:14:47 -0500
>> 
EZ> If we were to implement the full IDNA protocol, would the above be
EZ> enough?  Or will we need additional information?
>> 
>> Oh, all this has been for confusables (TR39) only.  IDNA and uni-idn.el
>> will have their own needs!

EZ> Granted, but I was asking whether IDNA implementation will need
EZ> anything from confusables.txt beyond what we discussed.  That is, will
EZ> a mapping of a character to a string be all IDNA needs to use the
EZ> information in confusables.txt?

I can't think of any other uses, so yes.  Lennart may want to comment.

>> IDNA is better described in http://unicode.org/reports/tr46/ and the
>> links at the end of that document (a whole bunch of RFCs).  I'm not
>> interested in implementing the IDNA code beyond supporting the current
>> character set detection because I don't think IDNA is popular enough,
>> but maybe Lennart and others want to do it.
>> 
>> For further possible markchars.el functionality, take a look at
>> http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/ (Unicode Security Considerations).
>> It talks about the confusables issues, IDNA issues, and bidi issues
>> among others.  It's a really good explanation of what security-related
>> functionality is needed from the confusables char-table and potentially
>> other places in Emacs.

EZ> Yes, I'm familiar with these specs, but I didn't try to design an
EZ> implementation of IDNA, so the answers to the above questions are not
EZ> clear to me.  If someone can explain how would an IDNA implementation
EZ> use confusables.txt, we could make sure that the tables we produce
EZ> from it will be good for IDNA as well, if and when someone will want
EZ> to implement it.

I may be misunderstanding, but I think you're sort of implying that IDNA
(in domain names and URLs) is the main use for confusables.txt.  I think
file names, shell interactions, and general text (especially source
code) are also important uses of that data because confusables in those
settings can introduce security issues.  Sorry if this is clear to you
and everyone else.

Ted




  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-16 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 182+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-18 19:11 Translation of http status code to text Lennart Borgman
2010-03-22  1:19 ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-22 13:17   ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-22 14:01     ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-22 14:25       ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-22 17:06         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-22 17:55           ` Sven Joachim
2010-03-22 19:23             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-22 20:32               ` Sven Joachim
2010-03-22 21:31                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-23  9:55                   ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-23 13:08                     ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-23 14:26                       ` face for non-ASCII characters (was: Translation of http status code to text) Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-23 16:28                         ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-23 18:18                           ` face for non-ASCII characters Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-15 22:41                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-15 23:07                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16  0:51                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16  9:10                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 15:05                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 15:28                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 15:42                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 15:50                                           ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 15:57                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 16:01                                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 16:13                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 16:22                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 16:27                                                   ` Drew Adams
2011-04-16 16:45                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 16:48                                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-16 16:55                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-16 17:11                                                           ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-18 15:48                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-18 15:53                                                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-18 16:20                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-18 17:03                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-19 13:07                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-19 18:56                                                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-20 14:49                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-20 21:38                                                                           ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-21 17:35                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-21 18:42                                                                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-21 19:14                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-21 20:00                                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-21 20:35                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-21 20:53                                                                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-21 21:18                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-22 12:20                                                                                           ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-22 12:49                                                                                             ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-22 13:23                                                                                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-23  0:50                                                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2011-04-23  7:13                                                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-25 17:54                                                                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-04-26 18:26                                                                                                       ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-26 19:05                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-26 20:29                                                                                                           ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-27  3:45                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-27  4:42                                                                                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-05-02 18:18                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-03  1:50                                                                                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-05-03 14:45                                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-03 21:21                                                                                                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2011-05-04 14:41                                                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-04-27 12:41                                                                                                         ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-22 14:20                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-22 17:12                                                                                               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-26  3:14                                                                                                 ` package management proposals for Emacs (was: face for non-ASCII characters) Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-26  8:10                                                                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-26 21:46                                                                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2011-04-27  1:19                                                                                                       ` package management proposals for Emacs Stefan Monnier
2011-04-27  3:36                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-27 21:14                                                                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-04-26  3:09                                                                                               ` markchars.el 0.2.0 and idn.el (was: face for non-ASCII characters) Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-26  8:13                                                                                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-04-26 15:28                                                                                                   ` idn.el and confusables.txt (was: markchars.el 0.2.0 and idn.el) Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-13 19:42                                                                                                     ` idn.el and confusables.txt Stefan Monnier
2011-05-13 20:19                                                                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-14  8:13                                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-14  8:06                                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-14  8:56                                                                                                         ` Lennart Borgman
2011-05-14  9:36                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-14 13:40                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-14 14:38                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-14 15:30                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-14 16:42                                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-14 17:06                                                                                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-14 20:59                                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-15  1:22                                                                                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-15  5:56                                                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-15 12:14                                                                                                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-16 12:38                                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-16 18:31                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-05-17 17:59                                                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-17 15:32                                                                                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-18 18:15                                                                                                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-05-14 17:25                                                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-15 13:06                                                                                                         ` Kenichi Handa
2011-05-15 17:34                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-18  5:23                                                                                                             ` handa
2011-05-18  7:38                                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-18  7:59                                                                                                                 ` handa
2011-05-18  8:13                                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-17  8:15                                                                                                                   ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-17 15:12                                                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-21  2:07                                                                                                                       ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-21  2:53                                                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-21  3:29                                                                                                                           ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-21  6:11                                                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-21  7:22                                                                                                                               ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-21  7:34                                                                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-21  8:02                                                                                                                                   ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-21 10:30                                                                                                                                     ` bidi at startup (was: idn.el and confusables.txt) Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-21 15:12                                                                                                                                       ` bidi at startup Stefan Monnier
2011-06-21 17:13                                                                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-22 15:32                                                                                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-07  6:10                                                                                                                         ` C interface to Unicode character property char-tables Kenichi Handa
2011-08-06 16:52                                                                                                                         ` Using uniprop_table_lookup (was: idn.el and confusables.txt) Eli Zaretskii
2011-08-09  0:55                                                                                                                           ` Kenichi Handa
2011-08-09  1:32                                                                                                                             ` Using uniprop_table_lookup Stefan Monnier
2011-08-09  4:31                                                                                                                               ` Kenichi Handa
2011-08-15  8:57                                                                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-31 10:42                                                                                                     ` uni-confusables 0.1 is on the Emacs ELPA branch (was: idn.el and confusables.txt) Ted Zlatanov
2011-06-08 10:42                                                                                                       ` uni-confusables 0.1 is on the Emacs ELPA branch Ted Zlatanov
2011-06-08 15:22                                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-16 16:00                                             ` face for non-ASCII characters Drew Adams
2010-03-23 19:40                         ` Florian Beck
2010-03-23 14:35                       ` Translation of http status code to text Miles Bader
2010-03-23 14:22                     ` highlighting non-ASCII characters (was: Translation of http status code to text) Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-23 16:50                       ` highlighting non-ASCII characters (was: Translation of http statuscode " Drew Adams
2010-03-23 21:49                         ` highlighting non-ASCII characters Stefan Monnier
2010-03-23 21:53                           ` Drew Adams
2010-03-24  0:45                             ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-24  1:03                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-24  2:47                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-24  4:20                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-24  5:14                                     ` Jason Rumney
2010-03-24 13:25                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-24 15:06                                         ` Jason Rumney
2010-03-24 19:47                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-24 10:05                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-24 16:21                                     ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-24 19:34                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-26 17:35                                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-26 20:43                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-26 22:50                                             ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-29 18:38                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-29 18:48                                                 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-29 20:20                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-29 20:19                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-29 20:51                                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-30 13:22                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-29 21:05                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-29 21:31                                                     ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-29 21:32                                                     ` Drew Adams
2010-03-30 13:15                                                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-30 14:04                                                         ` Drew Adams
2010-03-30 14:17                                                           ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-30 14:42                                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-30 16:18                                                         ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-30  1:45                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-25  7:11                                       ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-25 14:07                                         ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-25 17:32                                           ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-26  0:32                                             ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-26 13:38                                               ` Stephen Berman
2010-03-26 22:44                                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-25  7:12                                     ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-24  2:09                               ` Drew Adams
2010-03-24  5:00                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-24  9:28                               ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-24 13:15                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-24  9:27                       ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-22 18:41           ` Translation of http status code to text Stefan Monnier
2010-03-22 19:15             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-23  9:54               ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-23 10:54                 ` joakim
2010-03-23 15:02                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-24  3:22                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-24 17:35                   ` Glenn Morris
2010-03-24 19:37                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-25  1:16                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-03-23 12:57               ` Stefan Monnier

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