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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2000 06:52:00 -0500 (EST)
To: ietf-announce: ;
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Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnr-00.txt
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Internationalized Domain Name Working
Group of the IETF.
Title : DNSII Multilingual Domain Name Resolution
Author(s) : E. Chung, D. Leung
Filename : draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnr-00.txt
Pages : 15
Date : 25-Aug-00
The Internet-Draft for DNSII-MDNP was focused purely on discussing
the ultimate packet protocol that is being sent around the Internet
for multilingual domain names. This paper complements the previous
paper by outlining the contemplated resolution process with the DNSII
protocol throughout the DNS name resolution process.
The DNSII-MDNR outlines a resolution process that forms a framework
for the resolution of multilingual domain names. Whether the DNSII
protocol is implemented exactly as specified in DNSII-MDNP is less
relevant, rather it is the idea of having a multilingual packet
identifier and the fall back process that matters. The DNSII-MDNR
successfully addresses the transitional issues at each node of the
DNS resolution process providing a clear migration path and strategy
for the deployment of a multilingual enabled DNS system. It also
outlines the conformance levels required for basic or complete
implementations for applications, resolvers and name servers.
This document also introduces a tunneling mechanism for the short-run
to transition the system through to a truly multilingual capable name
space.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-dnsii-mdnr-00.txt
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
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Joe Baptista
The dot.GOD Registry
http://www.dot.god/
