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Feb 10 2005, 09:56 PM
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A new vulnerability has been found that allows a webpage to spoof the address bar to anything they want. Could be used for phishing, to collect credit card numbers or etc.
This affects Firefox, opera, mozilla, etc, but not IE, only because IE does not support IDN.
Only Firefox has a fix.
type "about:config" in the address bar.
find "network.enableIDN"
double click it, the status should change to "false", or rightclick and hit toggle
That's it, you're safe now. Sites trying to spoof an address in this way will now just popup with a message saying "xxx.com cannot be found".
Feb 10 2005, 10:57 PM
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Back; Down you Hooligans! :P
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You can also add SpoofStick extension on your FF browser too. But I went and configured like you suggested.
Feb 11 2005, 08:08 AM
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Great tip!
Moving to our Tips Tutorials section. 
Mar 17 2005, 05:30 PM
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Just learned something new today...great tip
Oct 26 2005, 12:36 PM
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Does this work with Firefox Beta?
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