Comments on: Problems Identifying Domain Characters http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/2007/10/13/problems-identifying-domain-characters/ Yet another blog of an opinionated person. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: admin http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/2007/10/13/problems-identifying-domain-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-153 admin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:27:20 +0000 http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/?p=19#comment-153 The problem is now sorted. It in fact only had a problem if a 0 was in the domain and did not recognise it as a number. It looks like PHP's loose type casting caused the problem. The problem is now sorted. It in fact only had a problem if a 0 was in the domain and did not recognise it as a number.

It looks like PHP’s loose type casting caused the problem.

]]> By: admin http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/2007/10/13/problems-identifying-domain-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-152 admin Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:18:18 +0000 http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/?p=19#comment-152 Hi Patrick I agree these sort of tactics are immoral and deceitful. Unfortunately places such as eBay are too willing to allow it to continue. I will look at why the script is not working properly. I have just tried it and you are indeed correct. Looks like there are some other breaks in it as well possibly caused by the upgrade in PHP I recently carried out. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Hi Patrick

I agree these sort of tactics are immoral and deceitful. Unfortunately places such as eBay are too willing to allow it to continue.

I will look at why the script is not working properly. I have just tried it and you are indeed correct. Looks like there are some other breaks in it as well possibly caused by the upgrade in PHP I recently carried out. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

]]> By: Patrick McDermott http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/2007/10/13/problems-identifying-domain-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Patrick McDermott Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:10:25 +0000 http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/?p=19#comment-151 Hi, A while back someone was selling the domain VOIP.info. I contacted the seller to make sure that it was really all 4 letters and really the acronym VOIP. His reply was that he wishes it were but that the o was really a 0. In the title and body copy he used the letter o. He never used a 0 or mentioned that the o was a 0. Scum! I tried your script just now using V0IP.com. It did not recognize the 0 as a number. All results were green. Another common scam is to use the letter V twice to make it look like a W. VV or W. With some fonts it's hard to tell the difference. The same with using the letter lower case letter l (eye) for Capital I (el). They look identical. Is there anyway your tool could uncover that type of deception? Thanks. Patrick Hi,

A while back someone was selling the domain VOIP.info.

I contacted the seller to make sure that it was really all 4 letters and really the acronym VOIP.

His reply was that he wishes it were but that the o was really a 0.

In the title and body copy he used the letter o.

He never used a 0 or mentioned that the o was a 0.

Scum!

I tried your script just now using V0IP.com.

It did not recognize the 0 as a number.

All results were green.

Another common scam is to use the letter V twice to make it look like a W.

VV or W.

With some fonts it’s hard to tell the difference.

The same with using the letter lower case letter l (eye) for Capital I (el).

They look identical.

Is there anyway your tool could uncover that type of deception?

Thanks.
Patrick

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