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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Eeek - .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More
Ahh, lets just move to UniCode! :) I mean 63 char SLD's and then this... On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 05:53:39PM -0500, Kai Schlichting wrote: > > Fellow NANOG readers, > > The following is sure to > a.) break a lot of things DNS, Mail and Web-wise > b.) have major impact in the form of confused customers calling > your customer service departments > c.) will hopefully fail. > > If the .NU people think they can undo RFC 1035 section 2.3.1 > (see http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1035.html ) and bury interoperability > at large for nothing else but sleazily gaining some commercial advantage > in the registrar business, they are *so* wrong. > > bye,Kai > > > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Announcing .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More > >Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:00:00 -0500 > >X-Mailer: Allaire ColdFusion Application Server > > > > > >Hello; January 6, 2000 > > > >NU domain now has a new, exclusive service available - Support for your local > >language character set in any .NU Domain name you have already registered. > > > >You can pre-register today at http://www.nunames.nu/customers/secure > > > >Technical staff at .NU Domain, working under the guidance of > >Dr. Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Internet's Domain Name > >System (DNS), are developing an updated version of the DNS software > >used on the internet which allows .NU Domain to provide this unique > >service. Although the service is in its Beta or early test period, .NU > >Domain will now accept pre-registrations of domain names that use > >Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and a wide > >range of other European character sets in any .NU Domain name. > > > >Examples which we are currently testing include: > >http://SödraKärr.se.nu, http://FöreningsSparbanken.se.nu/, > >http://domän.se.nu and http://tillbehör.se.nu/ > > > >For more information on this test, and the current limitations of the service, > >please see http://www.nunames.nu/ISO-8859-test.htm > > > >NU domain is now giving all current customers an advance opportunity > >to pre-register for this service, for a one-time fee of US$35. Since > >the service requires that you already have an "English Alphabet" .NU > >domain name registered and active (using only ASCII characters > >a-z, 0-9), we have decided to postpone public announcement of this > >new European character set service in order to allow our existing > >customers to get first choice to pre-register their preferred domain > >names using Swedish or other European language characters such as > >Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, or Ñ. > > > >To pre-register now, and to qualify to take part in our test of this > >unique new service, please go to > >http://www.nunames.nu/customers/secure and log in to modify your > >current .NU domain name to add this new service. Current policies > >expect that your pre-registered domain name will be similar to your > >current .NU domain name, with the addition of a Swedish or other > >language's character(s) (for example, domain.nu and domän.nu). > > > >We will start accepting public registrations for this new service, which > >will require registration of an English alphabet .NU domain name as well, > >starting next week (January 10, 2000), on a first-come, first-served basis. > > > >And remember - no other Top Level domain in the world offers > >this unique service. So we expect public interest - and registration rates - to > >be very strong once we announce the service. > > > >Although we are not yet offering pre-registration for Asian names (using > >Japanese, Chinese and other characters) we expect to also support those > >language sets in the near future. Customers in Japan may want to contact > >NU Certified Registrar, Kurosawa.net, http://www.nihongo.nu, for more > >information (email [email protected]). > > > >If you have any questions about this new service, please contact our > >support desk at [email protected] or email me directly. > > > >Many thanks for your continuing support for .NU domain! > > > >Bill Semich > >President and Founder > >NU Domain Ltd > >http://whats.nu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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