Re: [idn] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-idna-08.txt

["Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>]

"Adam M. Costello" wrote:

> > Since they are undefined, they are not alphabetic
> 
> That's the one point where I don't follow you.  If they are undefined,
> then their alphabeticness is undefined

Being undefined, they are just opaque codes. Nothing more, nothing less.
They may be represented as characters within the scope of a local system
who only has a charset for output purposes, but that doesn't mean the data
contains characters. The data contains opaque codes. Nothing more.

> If you want to enforce an interpretation of the eight-bit range, you
> > have to use new RRs, a new class, an EDNS identifier, or something, in
> > order to distinguish between the legacy and modern systems.
> 
> Agreed.

Then change IDNA. Mandatory transliteration introduces the same kind of
absurd recklessness.

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