Subject: Re: [idn] Why follow IDNA with UTF-8?

From: Steve Atkins <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:13:06 -0700

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:10:03PM -0500, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> "Adam M. Costello" wrote:
> >
> > Martin Duerst <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > > But the current IDNA draft explicitly specifies that zone files
must
> > > be in ACE, and therefore prohibits such implementations.
> >
> > Well that's just silly.  Paul and Patrick, the IDNA spec should not
say
> > that master files must use ACE, it should say that DNS servers must
> > accept master files that use ACE and may also accept master files
that
> > use other encodings, like UTF-8.
>
> The format of a master file needs to be agreed on. This is required
for
> DNS to operate properly.

Uhm, no.

Please don't suggest repeating the bind-centric mistakes in the current
set of DNS RFCs.

Master file format is just an implementation detail. It can easily
differ
from one implementation to another.

Cheers,
  Steve
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Subject: Re: [idn] Why follow IDNA with UTF-8?
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On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:10:03PM -0500, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> "Adam M. Costello" wrote:
> >
> > Martin Duerst <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > > But the current IDNA draft explicitly specifies that zone files
must
> > > be in ACE, and therefore prohibits such implementations.
> >
> > Well that's just silly.  Paul and Patrick, the IDNA spec should not
say
> > that master files must use ACE, it should say that DNS servers must
> > accept master files that use ACE and may also accept master files
that
> > use other encodings, like UTF-8.
>
> The format of a master file needs to be agreed on. This is required
for
> DNS to operate properly.

Uhm, no.

Please don't suggest repeating the bind-centric mistakes in the current
set of DNS RFCs.

Master file format is just an implementation detail. It can easily
differ
from one implementation to another.

Cheers,
  Steve