Re: [idn] hostname history hell

[Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com>]

--On 01-11-21 19.01 +0100 Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com> wrote:

> I have understood that there is a discussion about "what is the difference
> between host name and domain name", and, yes, I have seen that before. I
> am happy being in the peanut gallery while that goes on :-)

People asked me to send some thoughts I have _anyways_ to this mailing
list....

Here we go:

[I know this _might_ be contrary to what I have said before, and what I
have written in IDNA, but this is why we have this nice discussion...]

My take is that nameprep is defining the largest possible set of codepoints
possible in a _domain_name_. Because of that, maybe nameprep is prohibiting
too many codepoints and more codepoints should be allowed.

Then, a smaller set is a _host_name_.

I don't see any need what so ever to define what the difference is between
a host name or domain name.

It is ok for me to know "the same as always". :-)

This is why I want to sit beside the discussion and watch. :-)

   paf