Agreed :) DNS is suppose to be 8-bit clean as according to RFC 1035. But taken in context with that recommended section in RFC 1035, together with RFC 952, many legacy implementation already assumed DNS must be LDH. By the time RFC 2181 comes along, it was too late.
This was one of the reasons why Punycode was chosen and not UTF-8 for IDN. -James Seng > Er, that's in Section 2.3.1: Preferred Name Syntax which says before the > BNF: > > "The following syntax will result in fewer problems with many > applications that use domain names" > > RFC1035 does not say that labels can only be composed of ASCII letters and > digits. RFC1123 imposes limitations on the characters permissible in a host > name. But that's not the same as a domain name. > > > PS Apologies for changing the Subject: header into something appropriate. > _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
