Re: [idn] iDNS transition: end-system vs. infrastructure?

[Michael Mealling <michael@bailey.dscga.com>]

On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 06:06:50PM -0400, Adonis El Fakih wrote:
> It would be easier if we can make a list of protocols/applications
> that will be affected by internationalized domain names (idn).  I feel
> this would be the first step to make sure we did not skip any
> protocol/application in the process of evaluating  what is the best
> solution.

Don't forget about the literally hundreds of
proprietary/one-off/in-house
protocols that have been developed over the years that make these exact
same
assumptions. IMHO, you're talking an upgrade for nearly every public and
private protocol on the Internet. IMHO, if you're going to go to that
much of an effort lets instead deploy something new that will fix more
than
20% of the perceived problem space....

-MM

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