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Re: [idn] New protocol proposal: IDNRA
- To: John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com>
- Subject: Re: [idn] New protocol proposal: IDNRA
- From: "A. Vine" <avine@eng.sun.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:17:36 -0700
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:19:51 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
John C Klensin wrote:
>
> --On Sunday, 27 August, 2000 21:14 -0700 Bill Manning
> <bmanning@ISI.EDU> wrote:
>
> > We have some metrics on diffusion rates of new code
> > in the DNS. If significant vulnerabilities exist,
> > they are generally mitigated in about 18 months, at least
> > based on current data.
>
> Once again, the issue is really not the DNS, but the
> applications. And that is true independent of the solution
> chosen unless the entire path from UI to APIs to resolver is
> completely insensitive to the presence of names outside the
> traditional format and set of characters. This is not an
> argument against moving forward as quickly as possible; it is an
> argument against selecting any solution that depends on a "short
> period of pain, then everything will be ok" model.
>
I liken it to the deployment of new browser versions. Certainly a year
is not enough to expect. I'd give it closer to 4 years.
Andrea
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