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[idn] Re: comments on draft-ietf-idn-brace-00.txt
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- Subject: [idn] Re: comments on draft-ietf-idn-brace-00.txt
- From: "Adam M. Costello" <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:49:26 +0000
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James Seng <James@Seng.cc> wrote:
> My comments are scattered in the draft in [JS:]
Thanks. I'll keep them in mind if there appears to be enough interest
in BRACE to warrant a revision.
> ...defining a concating sequence. e.g. "X." as a concat so a long
> domain names A can become BRACE1X.BRACE2 which is valid
Nice. In the case of BRACE, which uses a signature suffix, there could
be two signature suffixes, one of which indicates a continuation.
> If the upper bytes are all zero, and the string formed by the lower
> bytes is a valid host name label and does not end with "-8Q9" or
> "-8q9", output the low bytes and stop.
>
> [JS: If all upper bytes are all zero, it is not sufficient to determine
> it is a valid hostname. And it is inconsistent with your -> $1.00 <-
> example.
My sentence above means "if (upper bytes all zero && valid label && not
end in -8Q9) then output low bytes and stop", so I am indeed requiring
a full check for a valid host name. Perhaps it could be worded more
clearly.
> append two hyphens to the ASCII buffer
> [JS: I presumed you mean LDH buffer?]
Oops, yes.
> [JS: Recommend to do a theorical comparison as follows:
Thanks! :)
AMC