Re: [idn] length restrictions on IDN label

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>]

At 11:43 AM +0900 10/14/02, Soobok Lee wrote:
> Then,
>  U+AC00 x 56 times (in my previous posting)  is a valid label 
> conforming to RFC1035 ?
>   and its equivalent ACE label (of  63 octets ) is a valid label ?
If it follows the rules for ToASCII, yes.

>   UTF8-encoded IDN labels are not governed by RFC1035 length restrictions ?
There is no such thing. IDN labels are always encoded in ASCII 
following the rules of STD 13, just as it says in the draft.

>   IDNA contains  brand new length restrictions for 8bit labels 
> which obsoletes RFC1035 ?
No. Where in the draft do you see such "brand new length restrictions"?

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find unclear.

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