Hi, Roland,

> > As part of the https hostname verification I've been working on, I've been
> > testing with some UTF-8 in the hostname.  I would really prefer to just
> > write "花子.co.jp" directly in the javadocs instead of  "花&
> > #x5b50;.co.jp".
> 
> Isn't that hostname against all specs? I heard of something called
> punycode for international domain names ;-) (The second kanji means
> "child", right?) 
> 

You're right about international domain names using a special
"punycode" (e.g. "花子.co.jp" actually becomes "xn--i8s592g.co.jp").
But I can't find any reference to what then goes inside SSL certificate!
Should it be "花子.co.jp" or "xn--i8s592g.co.jp"?

I don't read or write Japanese at all, but 花子 is the name "Hanako",
which means flower child.  :-)


> Even if you write that in the source code, that
> doesn't mean everybody has a font installed to display it. Little
> squares indicating "undisplayable character" are even less readable
> than HTML character references.

Good point!


yours,

-- 
Julius Davies
Senior Application Developer, Technology Services
Credit Union Central of British Columbia
http://www.cucbc.com/
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