Re: [idn] Who supports UDNS (ACE+UTF-8)

[John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com>]

--On Friday, 29 June, 2001 18:20 -0400 Edmon <edmon@neteka.com>
wrote:

>...
> Perhaps if we use UCS directly then the "count" can actually
> be the number of Unicode code points and every language will
> have 63 "character" spaces to use.

Edmon,

I have having trouble understanding what you are proposing here.
The limit of 63 octets is a fundamental DNS limitation, at least
within Class=IN (I can imagine having rules that would extend it
in other Classes, just as I can imagine EDNS rules that would
extend it).  Consequently, "use of UCS[-4?] directly" presumably
means that every language gets 15 character names (and you still
need code tagging, but maybe we can make the three spare octets
sufficient for that).

Or are you planning a "flag day" replacement for the DNS?

What am I missing?

   john