Re: [idn] Fast nameprep vs. slow nameprep

[Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 09:22 30/01/2001 +0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
>There are five possible approaches under discussion:
>
>    (1) UTF-8 with fast nameprep. Names in configuration files are good:
>        KC-normalized, no confusing characters, no uppercase characters.
>        (Except uppercase ASCII, for compatibility.)
>
>        The keyboard interface has to help users type good names. No
>        changes are needed in qmail, djbdns, and many other programs. A
>        few programs with 8-bit bugs, notably Sendmail, need to be fixed.
>
>        Patrik and Keith refuse to acknowledge this approach.

I think you mean by "fast" what I mean when I say "early", and by "slow" 
you mean what I mean when I say "late".
I also think you mean by "refuse to acknowledge" what I mean when I say "do 
not believe that it is workable".

And when you say "Patrik and Keith", you mean the people who constituted 
the rough consensus at the San Jose IETF, and those who share that rough 
consensus on the list.

I continue to not believe that just-send-UTF-8 is workable.




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