Re: [idn] pool deadline imminent

["David R. Conrad" <david.conrad@nominum.com>]

Keith,

At 06:39 PM 7/17/2001 -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
>and for that matter, you should explain why using UTF-8 on the wire in
>the DNS query provides any significant benefit over more compact encodings
>such as DUDE.  nobody has explained this yet, beyond some vague appeals
>to idealism.

Not choosing sides, but:

1) DUDE isn't particularly compact, at least in comparison to UTF-8 or some 
of the other ACE alternatives.

2) Does "idealism" include wanting to simplify the system so one form of 
presentation encoding is in use?

3) What implements DUDE now?  What implements UTF-8 now?

Put me in the camp of those who see similarities between these discussion 
and the NAT/end-to-end holy wars.

Rgds,
-drc