>-----Original Message-----
>From: Makoto Ishisone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:32 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [idn] Report from the ACE design team
>
[snip]
>2) Potential migration problem
> Many NICs has already begun registering internationalized domain
> names using RACE as the ACE. In RACE, any names up to
> 17-characters can be fit in 63-octet label. So it is possible that
> some of the registered names suddenly become invalid when migration
> from RACE to DUDE take place. Of course it is a risk that they
> have to take, but if choosing other ACE can prevent it, or lower
> the possibility, it might be a better choice.
One data point WRT this concern: In at least one implementation that I'm
familiar with, there is expected to be a _very_ small number of names
(0.01%) that become invalid due to length restrictions when converting from
RACE to DUDE.
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