Re: [idn] Reality Check

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> I do not disagree
> that IDNA is not a good start, but should we not go a few steps more to
> layout a plan that would take us through IDNA(ACE) and into UTF8 eventually?

first we need to get an ASCII-based solution out the door.

perhaps by then someone will have come up with a convincing argument as to
why having the ability to use UTF-8 on the wire in the DNS protocol 
(and producing consistent results with ASCII queries) actually produces 
a tangible benefit that is worth the incremental cost. 

so far, nobody has managed to do that.

Keith