Re: IDN eamples for testing

Hi Vint,

I think this is really a better way to go about it, to ensure a smooth user
experience (than to simply have a switch day).
A reasonable timetable in which the registry will maintain both versions
seems to be a good compromise for registries such as JPRS who have
registered domains in RACE and is planning to move towards Punycode.

Edmon



----- Original Message -----
From: "vinton g. cerf" <[email protected]>
To: "Edmon Chung" <[email protected]>; "Ric Johnson"
<[email protected]>; "Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]>
Cc: "IDN" <[email protected]>; "Martin Duerst" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [idn] IDN eamples for testing


It seems to me (just opinion) that one might reasonably leave these in
place until there is a clear path either to re-register using the new
IDN standards or, if it proves impossible to support any of them in
the new standard framework, to withdraw them on a reasonable time table.

vint

At 08:45 AM 3/24/2003 -0500, Edmon Chung wrote:
>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?
>Edmon
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]>
>To: "Ric Johnson" <[email protected]>
>Cc: "IDN" <[email protected]>; "Martin Duerst" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [idn] IDN eamples for testing
>
>
>> "Ric Johnson" <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> > U+0192
>> >
>> > bq--agja.mltbd.com
>>
>> These are not, of course, in conformance with the RFCs. IDNA uses the
>> xn-- prefix and punycode, instead of using RACE. So the Verisign
>> testbed should be considered proprietary now, until it is upgrade to
>> support the adopted standards.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin
>>
>>

Vint Cerf
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