Re: [idn] opting out of SC/TC equivalence

[Dan Ebert <dan@enic.cc>]

Edmon wrote:
> 
> From: "Dan Ebert" <dan@enic.cc>
> > It seems to me that it would be more confusing if TC/SC behaved
> > differently for different TLDs.  One of the (I think beneficial)
> > features of DNS is that the behavior is uniform across all TLDs (com
> > works like net works like org ...)
> 
> This is not true.  Registration restrictions differ from TLD to TLD.
> 

I should have been more specific.  I was thinking in terms of
resolution, not registration.
I just think it could be confusing if each TLD makes up their own rules
regarding resolution.

i.e. <TC>.tld1 may-or-may-not-be-equivalent-to <SC>.tld1
 but <TC>.tld2 is-always-equivalent-to <SC>.tld2

> > I would suggest that it may be a
> > better idea to use have a script on the web server look at user IP or
> > browser environment variable to determine what page should be displayed
> > (or redirect to a different server).
> >
> 
> What about emails?
> 

Good point.

> Edmon

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