Internet addresses set for change

BBC ^ | 30 October 2009 | BBC Correspontents

[Cardhu]

The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world.

The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts.

[Cardhu]

Interesting

[from occupied ga]

Это будет плох

[cmj328]

Thank you Obama. In the pocket of the phishers.

[Cardhu]

Это будет плох

"This there will be [plokh]"

Babelfish did not help very much- I suppose it could be translated into "About time,"

[mefistofelerevised]

This is a really bad idea.So in national security going to have thousands to translators to find terrorist web sites?

[altair]

So in national security going to have thousands to translators to find terrorist web sites?

No. The biggest danger is going to come from phishing attacks. If you do any online commerce be afraid. Be very afraid.

[rdl6989]

Change we can believe in. Mmm mmm mmm.

[mefistofelerevised]

I pay a couple of bills online line and that’s it. I won’t even order anyting online if there isn’t a phone number to call. I get frustrated ordering online, so usually just call to buy something, and I don’t buy much.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Time to by Cisco stock.....

[edh]

That "плох" means "bad". My Russian is terrible though.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Time to buy Cisco stock.....

[edh]

By “My Russian is terrible” I mean that the ending of “bad” should probably be changed since it is a predicate adjective ... I forget if the future tense mangles the ending of “bad” too.

It’s been a while :-)! Russian is a highly inflected language and not for the feint of heart ... even Russians will tell you they make up their own rules for spelling on an as needed basis :-)!

[edh]

Eh, what am I thinking ... bad is still nominative since it is modifying the subject of the sentence which is “This”. Someone cue the scene from “Life of Brian” with the Latin teacher.

You might have found a problem with the Babelfish translator ... When I type “This will be bad.” it translates just as the original poster posted :-)!

[altair]

I agree, but I am highly biased.

Disclaimer: I work for Cisco.

[from occupied ga]

This will be bad

[altair]

I pay a couple of bills online line and that’s it. I won’t even order anyting online if there isn’t a phone number to call.

Phone/FAX numbers can be dangerous too. Once, when ordering plane tickets I mistyped the FAX number when I was sending intimate details of my life & bank account and the fallout from that took a long time to correct.

[altair]

Something like that. You will no longer be able to look at a printed representation of a URL and know where you are going if you click the link. It’s going to be phishing paradise.

[Cardhu]

Other scripts, Arabic or Japanese for example, can be used in the first part, but whatever language is used, the address must end with a small but very important collection of Latin alphabet characters, .com, .gov, .co.uk, .cn and so on.

Without those Latin letters on the end, the website simply will not work. … (snip)

At first, the change will only apply to the lesser-used group of domains known as the country codes.

These are the Web addresses with endings like .uk, .cn, or .kr, for the United Kingdom, China, and South Korea for example, and their assignment is guided by government rules in each country…(snip)

See more here: Web to be Truly worldwide at last

[BunnySlippers]

김정일 북한 국방위원장과 세번째 부

[snowsislander]

Since no one has ever solved the internationalized domain names "homograph attack" problem (see, for instance, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack), this is a singularly bad idea.