At 11:29 AM 3/18/02, Keith Moore wrote: > > In other words, the code re-write and upgrde is going to have to happen > > sometime. > >right. but it's not in our power to tell people when to do the rewrite >and upgrade. and insisting that everyone upgrade all applications to >accept IDNs before anyone uses IDNs won't work. And there are some places where, frankly, trying to display internationalized characters is a non-starter. Some things in the world still use ASCII displays or ASCII serial interfaces, including router consoles. I'd still prefer to be able to type in some equivalency string for a domain name and be able to do traces. > there's too much demand >for IDNs right now, and people are already deploying it. since we don't >have the luxury of upgrading everything first, we need a solution that >minimizes the harm when IDNs are used with legacy software. Precisely. Dan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie dts@senie.com Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com