> As I know in Taiwan and China Area, the input Chinese character > string > with non-protocol-head in Chinese Domain name form typed into input bar > of > IE , the browser will intercept these string and convert it to a UTF-8 %nn > string as one of parameters to auto.search.msn.com , then it will be > passed > to Realname's server. The server of Realname will convert the dotted IDN > domain name to an UTF-8 form and re-post it in the input bar with an error > reply to hold it in client. > The server of Realname never to do dns lookup and not try to re- > direct > the client browser to do dns lookup in replied UTF-8 form.
The DNS lookup happened *before* the string was URL-encoded and passed to Autosearch, which only happen after a failure. Please refer to draft-arrouye-idn-ie5-resolution-00.txt. RealNames *does* provide resolution services for IDNs on a contractual basis, and so far we resolve .com, .org, .net, and .jp. IDNs typed with these TLDs will resolve using an ACE. YA
