IDND Firefox

IDND

IDND pops up a warning message whenever the domain of the site you are visiting contains a suspicious mix of characters from different language scripts.

Features & Capabilities

IDN's are great for linguistic diversity but can be used for phishing or spoofing, so with IDND, suspicious IDN's cause an alert box to appear, warning you to take care. (This is in no way sufficient protection against all kinds of spoofing, but does add to your browser's defences.)

In addition, you can right click the URL address in the Firefox navigation bar and select IDN to get more information on the domain name (whether/where the domain contains international characters).

Finally, some users may wish to right click the navigation bar itself, choose "customise..." and then drag the IDND icon to beside the URL address. This icon changes green/blue/red depending on the nature of the domain name, it tells you whether you are visiting a Traditional Domain Name (green TDN) or an International Domain Name (UN-blue IDN) or an IDN suspicious domain (red).

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
Aaron Irvine
Daily users:
37 3
Rating:
4.50
(6)
Version:
2.2resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25
Version code:
5725951
Creation date:
2005-04-25
Risk:
High risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Size:
21.26KB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-16
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Aaron Irvine
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/idnd/
Website:
https://lingvo.org/idnd

User Reviews

I love the idea, but the icon is not changing color on Firefox 66.0.3 and I can't find a place where to file a bug report.
by Il*****, 2019-04-26
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Is IDND Safe?

Risk impact
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IDND requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

IDND has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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