On 13 apr 2013, at 10:32, Andrew Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think this feedback is right, but just so that we're clear, it's > much worse than the above in DNS names. > > The dot in a DNS name is not part of the protocol _at all_. In the > wire format, labels are delimited conceptually as follows: > > 3www7example3com0NULL > > It is only in the presentation format that we use dots as separators. > Moreover, we usually but not always leave off the final dot for > presentation purposes. So you _can't_ internationalize the protocol > separator in the DNS, because it isn't there in the protocol. It's > only there when humans look at it. (Schroedinger's separator?) > > This set of issues, which is quite unusual (perhaps unique to DNS), is > also why DNS and IDNA are only a weak model for what should be done > in other cases. This is btw one of the things that is much more clear in IDNA2008 than in IDNA2003. Patrik _______________________________________________ precis mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/precis
