RE: [idn] Report from the ACE design team

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Blanchet [mailto:Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:55 PM
> To: idn@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [idn] Report from the ACE design team
> 
> 
> > >2) Potential migration problem
> > >   Many NICs has already begun registering internationalized domain
> > >   names using RACE as the ACE.  In RACE, any names up to
> > >   17-characters can be fit in 63-octet label.  So it is possible that
> > >   some of the registered names suddenly become invalid when migration
> > >   from RACE to DUDE take place.  Of course it is a risk that they
> > >   have to take, but if choosing other ACE can prevent it, or lower
> > >   the possibility, it might be a better choice.
> >
> >One data point WRT this concern: In at least one implementation that I'm
> >familiar with, there is expected to be a _very_ small number of names
> >(0.01%) that become invalid due to length restrictions when converting
from
> >RACE to DUDE.
> 
> and how many were not included at all in the testbeds because they were
too 
> long?  The fact that some cannot be converted doesn't mean that the
current 
> length is enough!
> 
> I think the testbed-need-to-convert-already-registered-names-to-new-ace 
> argument (for both Makoto-san and Scott) is weak:

Mark, I provided the data point to share an observation based on experience
with 920,000+ labels that DUDE does not appear to exceed the 63-character
label limit any more than RACE does.  I didn't claim an issue with or
attempt to argue any other point.

<Scott/>