Re: [idn] new list of wg documents and next steps

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:
> draft-ietf-idn-requirements-08.txt, statement of scope, contains this:
> 
>         It is recommended that solutions not necessarily be within
>         the DNS itself, but could be a layer interjected between the
>         application and the DNS.
> 
> While this may be the most popular point of view, it isn't appropriate
> to place a recommendation prior to completion of requirements gathering.

I agree entirely. The following would be reasonable:

          Part of the solution may be to interject a layer between the
          application and the DNS, either in addition to or instead of
          making changes to DNS protocols.

but AFAICS, there is no concensus for the statement as currently written.
It is also ambiguous, since it depends on whether resolvers are considered
to be "within the DNS itself". The choice of whether part of the resolver
functionality is in-process or implemented by the OS, say, is an
implementation detail, not a fundamental part of *any* of the proposals.

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