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RE: [idn] host name vs. domain name
- To: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: RE: [idn] host name vs. domain name
- From: Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:21:32 -0800
- Delivery-date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:21:42 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
At 03:56 PM 3/16/00 -0800, McDonald, Ira wrote:
>It is rather more than a 'goal' of the IETF to move away
>from ASCII. Per RFC 2277 'IETF Policy on Character Sets
>and Languages' (BCP 18, January 1998), ALL Internet protocols
>MUST support the use of UTF-8 in order to 'enter or remain
>on the Internet standards track'. Newly developed Internet
>protocols MUST default to UTF-8 for text strings. Existing
>Internet protocols MUST be updated to support UTF-8.
RFC 2277 is a nice, short document. It would be great if people read it.
When they do, they'll see that much of what appears in the previous
paragraph is not at all accurate.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium