>> >That is, if we start thinking about "8+ everywhere" instead of "ACE >> >everywhere" scenario, then how we can get there from here. >> >> Same question: if you have a non-backwards-compatible server, how do you >> get people to use it? > >Non-backwards-compatible server? A server that wont handle ASCII and only >handles UTF8... : > No, a nameserver that won't handle the original form of DNS. The original DNS packet format obviously can't cope with 8-bit labels, so a server that sent native UTF-8 in its replies (or a resolver that sent native UTF-8 in its queries) would break compatibility. /========================================================\ |John Stracke |Principal Engineer | |jstracke@incentivesystems.com |Incentive Systems, Inc.| |http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own.| |========================================================| |What do you mean, *you're* a solipsist? | \========================================================/