I do have to say I'll find it funny if Vixie/et.al. tell NSI to get
stuffed since (to my knowledge) there's no RFC for non-ASCII DNS
lookups.
Be funny if NSI starts selling domains that nobody can actually see. ;-)
D
At 5:23 PM +0300 8/23/00, Sergei V. Kolodka wrote:
>It was an russian-language article in ITC on-line magazine.
>Below is quick translation from me. Sorry for result :)
>
><cite>
>The company Network Solutions has announced that in a near future it
>plans to begin scale testing of technology allowing to use of the
>address of domains, which are made with application of not latin symbols
>(i.e. not included in the coding ASCII), for example, east hieroglyphs,
>Arabian alphabet or specific letters of the European languages. The
>given technology was developed by the Californian firm I-DNS.net
>International.
>
>The beginning of testing of new technology is planned to the fourth
>quarter of the current year.
></cite>
>
>Sergei
>
>
>DJB> That's an interesting story - would you be kind enough to post the URL so
>DJB> we can all read it.
>
>DJB> I would say - based on your announcement that NSI is getting a clue and
>DJB> wants to avoid potential competition - which see www.i-dns.com
>
>DJB> regards
>DJB> joe baptista
>
>DJB> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Sergei V. Kolodka wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Somebody know something adout that ?
>>> Just read about that on local newsline but
>>> want to read full story from "first hands"
>>> There was something about NSI ready to begin
>>> test of system, which allow to use in domain
>>> names non-ASCII characters like chinese, arabic
>>> or european special symbols.
>>> Question is how i can access site with
>>> chinese symbols in name with only english
>>> keyboard and english software ? :)
>>> And is OpenSRS involved in that ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sergei
>>>
>>>
>
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