Patrik F�ltstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The servers need to have exactly the same rules.
Do you not agree that an authoritative server can use whatever method/rules it likes to decide authoritative answers to queries? For example, the server could compute the answer as a function of the requestor's IP address and the time of day and the dynamic load on various machines. The server can do this because it is the *authority* over that part of the namespace--whatever it says it the correct answer by definition. Given that authoritative servers have so much freedom, isn't it absurd to imagine imposing restrictions on how they can process the queries? There is no need to discuss this here because it has no impact on IDN. Authoritative servers have always had this ability, and will continue to have it regardless of what sort of IDN gets adopted. AMC
