A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6912 Title: Principles for Unicode Code Point Inclusion in Labels in the DNS Author: A. Sullivan, D. Thaler, J. Klensin, O. Kolkman Status: Informational Stream: IAB Date: April 2013 Mailbox: asullivan@dyn.com, dthaler@microsoft.com, john-ietf@jck.com, olaf@NLnetLabs.nl Pages: 12 Characters: 27078 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-iab-dns-zone-codepoint-pples-02.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6912.txt Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) makes available to DNS zone administrators a very wide range of Unicode code points. Most operators of zones should probably not permit registration of U-labels using the entire range. This is especially true of zones that accept registrations across organizational boundaries, such as top-level domains and, most importantly, the root. It is unfortunately not possible to generate algorithms to determine whether permitting a code point presents a low risk. This memo presents a set of principles that can be used to guide the decision of whether a Unicode code point may be wisely included in the repertoire of permissible code points in a U-label in a zone. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC