Re: [idn] nameprep failures

["Soobok Lee" <lsb@postel.co.kr>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam M. Costello" <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>
To: <idn@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [idn] nameprep failures


 > 
> > If I see WWW.AOL.COM, where the A is actually a capital Alpha, then
> > I'm sure I'll type it incorrectly.  So why doesn't nameprep prohibit
> > Alpha?
> 
> [Nitpick:  I wouldn't say you typed it incorrectly, I'd say you read it
> incorrectly, then typed exactly what you intended to type.]
> 
> No one is going to put <Alpha>OL.COM on a business card and seriously
> expect people to read it correctly.
> 

At least, a cheater or a fraud would deliberately try  it.


> AMC
>