The domain name and the path are handled separately for native script Web addresses. The client converts each to a form that can pass through the protocols used to retrieve resources.

There is currently some concern about 'phishing' that has slowed the implementation of this technology. The fear is that a domain name such as www.pаypаl.com could, say, use a Russian 'а' and therefore point to a different place than the user suspects. This is not a new problem - previous phishing attempts have replaced the 'l' with a digit '1', for example. Discussion is taking place in a number of organizations about how to make this type of deception much more difficult.