Return-Path: Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([unix socket]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Cyrus v2.1.11-Mandrake-RPM-2.1.11-1mdk) with LMTP; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:11:29 +0100 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id D187161BE2 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:11:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (eikenes.alvestrand.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02701-02 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:11:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from psg.com (psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22F661AD5 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:11:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from majordom by psg.com with local (Exim 4.44 (FreeBSD)) id 1D4025-000Mir-SI for idn-data@psg.com; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:10:41 +0000 Received: from [63.247.74.122] (helo=montage.altserver.com) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.44 (FreeBSD)) id 1D401w-000Mhu-Tz for idn@ops.ietf.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:10:33 +0000 Received: from if12m4-235.d2.club-internet.fr ([212.195.66.235] helo=jfc.afrac.org) by montage.altserver.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1D401v-0003Jf-6Y; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:10:31 -0800 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20050223180502.031d5730@mail.jefsey.com> X-Sender: jefsey+jefsey.com@mail.jefsey.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:06:33 +0100 To: Erik van der Poel , IETF idn working group From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" Subject: Re: [idn] nameprep2 and the slash homograph issue In-Reply-To: <421CA114.9090302@vanderpoel.org> References: <421B8484.3070802@vanderpoel.org> <20050223072837.GA21463~@nicemice.net> <20050223105244.GE21463~@nicemice.net> <421CA114.9090302@vanderpoel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - montage.altserver.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - ops.ietf.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jefsey.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: owner-idn@ops.ietf.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at alvestrand.no At 16:28 23/02/2005, Erik van der Poel wrote: >Adam, >The IETF generally only specifies the "wire" protocol, not UI behavior. >The IETF does not specify how apps interface with users; it only specifies >how apps interface with other apps, over the wire. Note that this does not >even include APIs in many cases. > >However, it *would* be very wise to *warn* implementors about any >dangerous homographs in the new RFC (if we decide not to ban them outright). Yes. But this does not prevent to warn in proposing solutions to the system conceptual problems, like for tables. The same for TLD Managers. jfc