Posts for: #Security

Minecraft Modding Hazards

Minecraft Modding Hazards

minecraft mod hazardsMy daughter loves Minecraft and recently asked me to help her find a mod she recently saw on “DanTDM"s YouTube channel. My kids love watching people play games sometimes more than playing the games themselves. So I did a quick search for “dantdm lion king mod” and found the YouTube video that had captured my daughter’s attention. In the comments on the video we are told that the mod itself can be downloaded from this link.

[]

Using Punycode to Access Non-Latin Domains

Using Punycode to Access Non-Latin Domains

The Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers recently decided to allow for the issuing of non-Latin domain names. Previously all countries were forced to use the ASCII character set, including countries whose native language included non-ASCII characters.

To aid in the transition, ICANN devised a micro-language of sorts to allow a smooth transition between ASCII-only domain names and the more robust Unicode domain names (which allows for non-Latin characters). This micro-language is known as Punycode.

[]