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by Tijdreiziger 1452 days ago
Meta: It seems that HN lists the Punycode for this website's domain (xn--1-zfa.com), instead of the actual IDN that's displayed by the browser (ä1.com). This feels kind of odd to me.

[Punycode] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode

[IDN] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name
2 comments
asciiresort 1452 days ago
It poses a security risk and exploited to phish people.

Modern Browsers sanitize punycode, not so sure about bespoke browsers that live inside other mobile apps

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INTPenis 1452 days ago
Depends on your view. People who wotk with DNS want to see the actual domain, while end users might prefer the translation.
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teddyh 1452 days ago
People who work with DNS know how to right-click and do “Copy Link”, or even to hover over a link and watch the status bar text.
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Tijdreiziger 1452 days ago
Well, HN is a link aggregator, not a DNS tool.
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