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RE: [idn] alpha v0.4
- To: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: RE: [idn] alpha v0.4
- From: Karlsson Kent - keka <keka@im.se>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:04:46 +0100
- Delivery-date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:05:19 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark.Andrews@nominum.com [mailto:Mark.Andrews@nominum.com]
...
> Please remember there are two things we have to define.
>
> 1) What is legal in a international hostname.
> 2) What is legal in a international domainname.
>
> Can this working group please not use the two terms
> interchangably as they are *not* interchangable.
¿Que? Domain names may be the "root" of many host names,
but I fail to see why IDN as such need to distinguish them.
Kind regards
/kent k
> As for restrictions on punctuation. In my opinion it
> is quite reasonable to have restictions on punctuation
> for hostnames. It's also reasonable for registrars to
> use the hostname restrictions when registrations are
> sought for subdomains. 99.9+% of subzones are registered
> for the purpose of having hostnames within them.