Re: [idn] IDN eamples for testing

[martin@v.loewis.de (Martin v. Löwis)]

"Edmon Chung" <edmon@neteka.com> writes:

> This is actually an interesting question. Since we know that there are
> actually quite a bunch of clients out there that uses bq--RACE, do we think
> that those testbeds (such as in the case of JPRS) should keep bq--RACE in
> the zone (together with xn--punycode) for a while for transitional purposes?
> Or must this be considered non-conformant to the standards?

Having the ASCII labels in the zone is certainly conforming to the DNS
protocol. Its just that clients should not interpret them as ACE
versions of IDN labels.

It is also likely that Verisign may remove these labels at any time
they feel like it (probably after they start supporting IDNA).

Regards,
Martin