> VeriSign's official stance on this is that they have made > significant progress with Internet Engineering Task Force's > (IETF) IDN Working Group > (WG) and the IDN testbed, that they can now start charging > for renewals. Official note: > http://www.verisign-grs.com/support/mdn/mlannounce/2002/mlanno > unce_111402.ht > ml
My personal view on this is that what they have put together bears little or no resemblance to what the IETF is working on and they should not be proceeding with taking these registrations live until there is some sort of a workable standard in place. Note: This opinion might or might not be shared by Tucows - I haven't bothered to ask anyone here if it is ;) I've got some further notes that I've put together on my blog... http://www.byte.org/blog/2003/01/03.html#a297 http://www.byte.org/blog/2003/01/06.html#a311 http://www.byte.org/blog/2003/01/09.html#a321 There's also some discussion going on at http://icann.blog.us and http://log.does-not-exist.info/ -rwr "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." - Steven Wright Get Blog... http://www.byte.org/blog
