Re: [ga] IDN

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"I think the risk is very low," Falstrom said. "But if we had fragmentation, it would be really, really, really bad - the result (of entering an address) you would get depends on the country you are in. Just think of the trademark infringement issues."

I'd be more concerned about the potential abuse by scamsters, phishers, hackers, crackers, spammers and other criminals to spoof email and websites. As just one example. how many potential variations will there be of websites like Paypal.com? How many more people will fall victim to identity theft, one of the fastest growing crimes?

Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hugh Dierker 
  To: ga 
  Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:25 AM
  Subject: [ga] IDN 


  Is this concept of crippling the Internet by use of none "english" lettering really just an urban legend. We all can conceive of some inconveniences. But I only can see solutions to the problems it may cause. Alas some rather expensive solutions.

  http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/BUSINESS01/611020348/1066/RSS02

  What say some of you technical geniuses?

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