Re: [idn] UTF-8 / RACE

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

Patrik writes:
  [ about 8-bit bytes ]
> software which is not upgraded destroy the data

False. For example, qmail and tinydns handle 8-bit data without trouble.
In message <20010105075541.26564.qmail@cr.yp.to> I gave a complete
example of setting up a UTF-8 IDN and sending mail to it, with no
software upgrades. The UTF-8 IDN was displayed properly by xterm.

In contrast, ACE guarantees that the data is unreadable for users of
today's non-ACE software. When you claim that an ACE IDN is transmitted
perfectly, you are ignoring the final step: getting the IDN into the
user's head!

Yes, there are a few pieces of software that have to be upgraded and
redeployed to make UTF-8 IDNs work. But there are many more pieces of
software that have to be upgraded and redeployed to make ACE IDNs work.
See http://cr.yp.to/proto/idn.html for details.

---Dan