[idn] Alternative Solutions

["Edmon" <edmon@neteka.com>]

> At 09:26 AM 4/30/2001, Russ Rolfe wrote:
> >Instead of waiting for Walid, should we be looking at what other
> >alternatives exists.  Do people have any thoughts on what the possible
> >two-three major alternatives may be.
>
> and I entirely concur with pursuing alternatives immediately.
>

There are a number of alternatives, but I see two main streams:

Server-side ACE - ACE transformation takes place at server end
Protocol Extension - use extension mechanisms such as EDNS or other bit
flagging & use UTF

Edmon