Re: [idn] hostname history hell

["Kent Karlsson" <kentk@md.chalmers.se>]

> How about this as a believable compromise: We start with a "safe set" of
> alphanumeric characters and specifically exclude punctuation, spacing,
> symbols, and combining characters. 

No, combining characters should not be excluded, at least not those used
for letters (as opposed to symbols).  Even after NFKC some will remain.

> Meanwhile, {some group} is going to
> investigate the use of additional characters in the DNS and the allowable
> set may be expanded at some point.

Isn't this being done by the nameprep subgroup (and whatever group that
may eventually replace that subgroup)?

        /kent k