Re: Just send UTF-8 with nameprep (was: RE: [idn]Reality Check)

[John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com>]

--On Tuesday, 24 July, 2001 15:40 +0900 Martin Duerst
<duerst@w3.org> wrote:

> Doing nameprep during operation on the server side is still a
> bad idea. If we really need the original spelling of the name
> (which I'm not sure we do), a new RR may be quite a bit better.

Martin,

It was trying to think through an approach based on a new RR
that brought me to the conclusion that, if one went down that
path, a whole new class would be needed.   Please work the cases
yourself, remembering the various issues raised by CNAME, MX,
and PTR RRs that might or might not have IDN values (targets)
and see if you come to the same conclusion.

    john