Re: [http-state] New Issue: The domain attribute and I18N domain names

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Wed, 03 February 2010 19:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-state] New Issue: The domain attribute and I18N domain names
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On 2/3/10 2:12 AM, Yngve N. Pettersen (Developer Opera Software ASA) wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> AFAICT the current draft does not address how servers should specify
> domain names in the domain attribute of a Set-Cookie header when the
> Unicode form of the domain name contain non-ASCII characters, e.g.
> blåbær.no (xn--blbr-roah.no).
> 
> My suggestion is that the A-label (punycode) form should be used in all
> cases, but if that is too strict the only other alternative is to allow
> UTF-8 encoding of the name in addition to the recommended use of the
> A-label.

That seems reasonable because it is consistent with the IDNA2008 work,
but be aware that once you go down that path you might never be able to
switch to UTF8-encoded domain names because you'll need to interoperate
with software that only does A-labels and not U-labels. Forever. But
picking one format is better than allowing both A-labels and U-labels, I
think. Your Applications Area Advisor was heavily involved in the
IDNA2008 effort, so she might have some valuable insights here. :)

Peter

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