Eric, et al, I have been observing the vigorous discussion and appreciate the hard work going on here.
A key element is the purpose for domain names. Are they just host names or are they labels into information space? Of course their origin is the former but they seem to have morphed into something rather more elaborate. The discussion you are having is very important both for the future of Internet applications and generally for the stability and consistency of the DNS itself. Vint At 10:33 AM 11/22/2001 -0600, Eric A. Hall wrote: >"Eric A. Hall" wrote: > >> The specific concern I had is already addressed in nameprep so there >> is no need for the exception. > >What I am concerned with is the use of domain name which consist entirely >of punctuation, or in this case, which consist entirely of combining >marks. These represent a rules problem with the principles behind the >"safe-set". EG, we forbid domain names like ````````.com using U+0060, but >````````.com may be legal if the combining character U+0300 is used >instead. > >I get lost in the shrubbery of specs, so can somebody tell me whether or >not this is a valid concern? I can't tell for certain what happens at the >end of nameprep with such a label. > >If this is a problem, a solution might be to change the prohibition >against leading hyphen to a prohibition against leading hyphen and >combining characters. > >-- >Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ >Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
