Re: [idn] The report from the design team

["D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>]

> The application-only solutions proposed are clearly easier to
> implement than the infrastructure solutions,

I don't believe you. We need facts about the actual deployment costs,
not buzzwords like ``application-only.''

I've started a web page at http://cr.yp.to/proto/idn.html to tally the
costs of the proposals. Specific contributions are welcome.

> However, we cannot simply put binary characters into the current DNS
> without breaking many protocols and many DNS servers.

Give us the details. Exactly which pieces of software break, and how?

---Dan