Unicode Consortium publishes UTS #39 version 18.0.0
Original title: UTS #39: Unicode Security Mechanisms
Version 18.0.0, dated August 27, specifies identifier security profiles and confusable and mixed-script detection.
The Unicode Consortium approved Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms, version 18.0.0 as a stable specification. It defines general, IDN, and email identifier security profiles plus confusable, mixed-script, restriction-level, and mixed-number detection. Conformance clauses let implementations follow the profiles unchanged or document precise character additions and removals. It is meant to be used with Unicode Technical Report #36.
- Editors are Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader; the document date is August 27.
- This publication is revision 34; the previous version was tr39-32.
- Implementations may add or remove characters if they publish a precise list.
- Related guidance is in Unicode Technical Report #36, Unicode Security Considerations.
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13 min read at unicode.orgBecause Unicode contains such a large number of characters and incorporates the varied writing systems of the world, incorrect usage can expose programs or systems to possible security attacks.
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