Re: [idn] Report from the ACE design team

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <[e-mail]>]

Marc,

Scott didn't actually use the word "testbed".

Let's leave that term, used as a synonym for "propriatary product", for
others in the marketing realm, and use it properly within the IETF for
activities consistent with our history.

There isn't a lot in propriatary product(s) to motivate real interest,
as few can bother to "interoperate" with pp(s) without standards, with
the notable exception of Micro$oft, which Veri$ign isn't.

While we're on the subject of predisposition towards dubious solutions,
could we _please_ loose the recommendation (lines 52 and 53) from the
requirements. (draft-ietf-idn-requirements-every-week-now.txt)

In section 1.4 a _laborious_ discussion of characters in the DNS can be
simplified at line 240. The protocol is UDP, and the appropriate unit is
bytes (see rfc768).

I'll have to stop here. More later.
Eric
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