Re: Unicode confusables and reordering characters considered harmful, a simple solution

[Stefan Monnier]

> So I can only conclude that you don't understand the issues well
> enough to judge what is or isn't a good solution for them.

>From what I've read, I get the feeling that nobody truly
understands it, actually.

> Which isn't surprising: this stuff is very complex and takes years to
> wrap the head around it.

Also it requires understanding the human factor, and that is affected by
that human's past experience and habits, so I suspect that there isn't
a "one size fits all" solution.

Of course, once you start to look for "unnoticed attacks" in source
code, beside bidi and confusables, there's a host of other tricks you
can play.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underhanded_C_Contest for examples.


        Stefan