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Re: [idn] IDN rechartering rev 3



At 08:53 AM 11/19/2001 -0600, Eric A. Hall wrote:
>Dave Crocker wrote:
> > In what way does the translation/encapsulation approach of an ACE alter
> > the current fundamentals of DNS security.
>
>I am referring to DECODES and the enthusiastic display of a charset with
>combining characters without consideration of the results.

The string that you so mistrust comes from the DNS.  Hence the security 
question is whether strings from the DNS can be trusted.

DNSSec solves that concern.

d/

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