<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Vint Cerf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vint@google.com">vint@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>this has been reviewed repeatedly and the conclusion is that because the sharp S is used differently in different jurisdictions, this needs to be a choice made at registration time, not at protocol time. Some jurisdictions will bundle the sharp S form and the "ss" form so that both forms of the domain name are registered in the name of the registrant. Upon introduction of sharp S, registries may need to use an introductory process that alerts all registrants relying on the mapping to register the sharp S form as well. This is "sunrise-like" in its behavior.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Will registries automatically register equivalent domain names for the same domain?</div><div>Will registries allow different domains to be associated with essentially the same domain name?</div>
<div>Will registrants be charged twice for essentially the same domain name?</div><div>Will registries notify every registrant of a domain name currently containing "ss"?</div><div>Will all registries act with regard to sharp-s vs. ss, or only DENIC? What about sub-domain names?</div>
<div><br></div><div>markus</div></div>