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If your browser is operating under purely idna2008 rules the lookup should fail. But some implementations may permit the lookup without verfying the legality of the characters in the lookup string. V</font></div>
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<b>From</b>: <a href="mailto:idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no">idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no</a> <<a href="mailto:idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no">idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no</a>>
<br><b>To</b>: <a href="mailto:idna-update@alvestrand.no">idna-update@alvestrand.no</a> <<a href="mailto:idna-update@alvestrand.no">idna-update@alvestrand.no</a>>
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<b>Sent</b>: Wed Nov 03 13:14:55 2010<br><b>Subject</b>: IDNA 2008 Question Re: "Confusable" Characters in Domain Names
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">Dear List Members</font></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: arial; ">,</span></span><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">
<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: arial; "><br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; "></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">
<font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">I am a little unclear what </font><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">impact the </font><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">IDNA 2008 policy will have on</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">domain name registrant's </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial; ">who have a domain that does not fall under</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial; ">the policy's permissible </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">code-</span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">points, particularly symbol-based domain</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">names.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">
</font></div><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">The IDNA 2008 protocol </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">clearly explains what code point are permissible,</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">what (in practice) will it </span><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">mean </font><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">if someone types in e.g. €.com in their</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">browser under IDNA 2008?</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; ">I do realise that an error message may be displayed, but will IDNA 2008</span><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; "> </font></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">allow </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">the domain name registrant to satisfy the user's query </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">by </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">forwarding</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">them </span><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">on to a </font><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial; ">different (legal) domain name?</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; ">
</font></div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">I will hope to hear any replies on this matter.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">
<font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; "><br style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; "></font></div><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">
<font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">Regards,</font></div><div style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; ">
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<font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="Arial" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px !important; ">John Daw</font></div></span> </body>
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