Re: [idn] Interactions between short-term and long-term

[Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com>]

At 11.52 +0100 01-01-28, Dan wrote:
>It is the responsibility of the application using
>the configuration files to convert them into the character set
>used internally in it.

And if the program doesn't do it, then you have to enter the 
domainnames in a nameprepped form.

>  >Not everyone, that is correct. According to the IDNA spec only the
>>software which accept input from keyboard (etc) have to do nameprep.
>
>So you expect my text editor to do "nameprep" on the host names it finds
>in my text?

It all depends on in what context the textual string is a domainname.

>  >>And when I edit a zone file, it will not have
>>>"namepreped" names.
>>
>>It all depends on what program you use when creating the zonefile.
>
>A text editor.

I repeat myself: it all depends on what program you use.

Where the support is doesn't matter.

>  >Do not talk about other things than nameprep. That's the only thing
>>that is needed.
>
>nameprep mangles my host names. They contain mixed case. And I want that
>for more than ASCII.

Then complain on the nameprep algorithm specifically.

   paf