Re: My prod at IDN requirements

To: "Martin J. Duerst" <duerst@xxxxxx>, Patrik F$BgM(Jtstr $B‹N(J <paf@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: My prod at IDN requirements
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 09:44:37 +0100
Cc: Patrik F$BgM(Jtstr $B‹N(J <paf@xxxxxxxx>, James Seng <jseng@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, idn@xxxxxxxxxxxx

At 11:11 05.01.00 +0900, Martin J. Duerst wrote:

Why not? Couldn't somebody create something like WWW.1BM.c0m, and try
to confuse people?

Already done. See micros0ft.com (currently located offshore somewhere, after exchanging angry letters with Microsoft advocates).

> It is up to the presentation system to see that the user sees a difference
> based on the rules in the DNS server.

There is no guarantee that at all places where
DNS names are displayed, a font with the relevant distictions is
used. Or is there?

there are no guarantes.

Harald

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