--On 01-11-21 11.26 -0600 "Eric A. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it is fair to say that the current discussion is about i18n domain > names and host identifiers, and what is legal vs illegal for those names. > It is starting to bump into nameprep but I wouldn't call it a > repeat/update to nameprep at this point. > > For example, nameprep doesn't prohibit leading/trailing hyphens, although > there seems to be consensus that they should be prohibited in i18n host > identifiers. > > If the thread keeps moving in its current direction, there may be a need > to update nameprep. I also think nameprep is providing valuable input to > the hostname restrictions (control exclusions are good). I would hope that > this is being seen as refinement of consensus rather than competition. Ok. I get it. Thanks! I have understood that there is a discussion about "what is the difference between host name and domain name", and, yes, I have seen that before. I am happy being in the peanut gallery while that goes on :-) paf
