Re: [idn] Re: [idn-nameprep] nameprep and others: hangeulchar

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

At 05:40 AM 8/28/2001, John C Klensin wrote:
>nothing is going to prevent labels of ECHAK, or any of its
>permutations.
>...
>I also just realized (most of you are probably ahead of me),
>that I have no idea how LLLAL (or HHHAH) would be rendered if


Why is it the job of an iDNS standard to prevent users from defining silly 
strings, as long as the strings do not break the DNS?


At 09:35 AM 8/28/2001, Mark Davis wrote:
>I believe, as I have said before, that it is too difficult to separate out
>the legitimate mixes of scripts and symbols from the 'questionable' ones for
>us to do anything. And adding language tags would simply make it more
>complicated, not less.

exactly correct.

Too difficult and, to paraphrase Jeff Case, simply not our problem.

d/

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