*doh* i bounced my own mail...:P
----- Original Message -----
> Hmm..make sense. Should we have a de-nameprep? :-)))
>
> -James Seng
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "James Seng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul Hoffman / IMC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [idn] Re: [MultiLingualList] Changes to RACE
>
>
> > > IMHO, this requirement should be done at the nameprep level, and not the
> RACE
> > > transformation. Supposing we decided to move away from RACE to something
> else
> > > (just example sake), we can ensure this behavior is consistent.
> >
> > an equally important requirement is that RACE strings cannot *decode*
> > to pure ASCII text. if the decoding results in pure ASCII, this
> > needs to be treated as an error. otherwise RACE could be used to
> > spoof ASCII domain names.
> >
> > this check has to be part of the decoding, it can't be checked in
nameprep.
> >
> > but it does apply to any encoding and not specifically to RACE.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
>
>
