VeriSign folks:
I seem to have written something that might upset someone again. I am really sorry. You guys have done a lot of good work and put a lot of information on your Web site regarding IDN. A lot of it is educational in nature, and a lot of it seems to indicate that you have sound policies in place.
http://verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory-services/naming-services/internationalized-domain-names/index.html
It was unfair of me to accuse you (and other TLD operators) of only wanting to make money (and not being interested in the phishing problem).
I apologize, and hope that you will send comments to one or both of these mailing lists when you're ready.
Respectfully,
Erik
I wrote:
Also, I'm guessing that any "one label, one writing system" rule cannot really be mandated, since TLD operators have historically been free to do whatever they want, to make as much money as they want. So this rule would just be a guideline (Klensin's document is titled "Suggested Practices ...") and the TLD operators could follow it, if they wish to combat the IDN spoofing problem more than they wish to make money (in the short term :-)
