Re: [idn] I fear I cannot use IDN in the next 10 years

[Dan Oscarsson <Dan.Oscarsson@trab.se>]

>For the same reasons people have been repeating on this list for the 
>past year. UTF-8 is the "native" encoding for a very small number of 
>people. Further, even for that very small number of people, UTF-8 is 
>almost never the only encoding they have. Because of that, we need to 
>assume that essentially all software that takes in or displays IDNs 
>will have to do some conversion before putting the name parts on the 
>wire. If we are going to require conversion, it is better to do that 
>conversion to something that is already compatible with the current 
>DNS protocol.
>
>Updating all of the DNS servers in the world is an option, but not 
>one that makes much sense.

Well, then we can say goodbye to IPv6, DNSSEC and all other new things.

UTF-8 works fine in todays DNS. The only ones you need to change are the ones
doing authorative lookups.

   Dan