Re: Query: Implementing IETF IDN Nameprep?

[Jean-Marc Desperrier]

Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> >- What is the encoding in which internationalized domain names are
> >   exchanged between DNS servers? UTF-8 or UTF-5?
>
> That is the subject of another draft - the currently favored candidate is
> the RACE encoding.
>
> Thanks for your help!

What's the point of creating a new encoding just for that ?
I'd hoped they'd see the light and just use utf-8.

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