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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: COM/NET informational message
> This message explains an upcoming change in certain behavior of the > com and net authoritative name servers related to internationalized > domain names (IDNs). > > VeriSign Global Registry Services (VGRS) has been a longtime advocate > of IDNs. Our IDN Test Bed has been active for over two years and we > have followed and supported IETF developments in the IDN area. The > protocol for IDNs developed by the IETF's IDN Working Group has been > approved by the IESG and we anticipate that RFCs will be published > soon. That protocol, Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications > (IDNA), calls for changes to individual applications to support IDNs. > VGRS has developed a plug-in, called i-Nav, for Microsoft's Internet > Explorer browser to support IDNs in a manner consistent with IDNA. > i-Nav is free and more information about it is available at > <<http://www.idnnow.com>>. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign2.html#plugins <snip> I guess since no one will make a plugin for my various non-popular architectures (how many poorly written websites _require_ Flash?) I'll just be kicked off the internet. Hmm, maybe a good thing.... If this new RFC hasn't even been published yet? Why the rush? Wouldn't the more _responsible_ thing to do be to wait for adoption of the standard, rather than rushing everyone out to prepare for you to start selling?
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