Re: [idn] Debunking the ACE myth

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

> > I.e. the problem with using non-ascii in the labels in DNS, is that
> > it is really easy to get what I would call leakage into the
> > application layer protocols which can not handle other characters
> > than ASCII.
> 
> Will you *PLEASE* stop saying this! The use of separate APIs and message
> types prevents this from happening.

will you *PLEASE* stop making bogus assertions like this?

in most cases, it's simply not feasible to separate the use of IDNs from 
the use of ASCII DNS names and negotiate or convert at the boundaries.

for instance, in the particular case of email, we tried that with 
8-bit-SMTP and it failed miserably.

Keith