Re: [idn] Prohibit CDN code points

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

At 12:43 PM 1/23/2002 +0100, Patrik Fältström wrote:
>The Unicode tables are approved by the Unicode Consortium and ISO, and we
>can not in the IETF "undo" that unification procedure.

A variation to the cliche "if the only tool you have is a hammer, then 
everything starts looking like a nail" applies to this working group:  If 
the only venue you have is an IETF working group, then everything starts 
looking as if it is within scope of the working group.

As Patrik has once again reminded everyone, this entire discussion is 
entirely outside the scope of this working group.  We can choose to use 
Unicode or not, but we cannot "fix" it.

The task of this working group is to find a way for the DNS to use 
character strings that are more diverse than ASCII.  As has been often 
explained, character strings are not the same as words.  Comparing strings 
is different from comparing words.

d/

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