IDNs in the root
Andrew Sullivan
ajs at shinkuro.com
Fri Jan 23 18:25:30 CET 2009
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:13:17AM -0800, Tina Dam wrote:
> I agree that the mapping-discussion is a problem. However, this
> topic has now been discussed for years and a decision need to be
> made.
I'm sorry, but that is dangerous nonsense. What you are arguing is
that we don't know how to solve this problem, so we should just
release the protocol with a possibly dangerous segment in it on the
Internet, and hope it's all ok. That's a false dichotomy. I
appreciate that there are non-technical pressures to get something
out. But they're just one variable in a complicated trade-off. I
have a hard time believing that consideration trumps everything else.
Frankly, I think we'd be better to do _nothing_ than not come up with
something serious around the local mappings. What I'd prefer to see,
however, are some tighter rules about what may be allowed there.
A
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Andrew Sullivan
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