Re: [idn] host name vs. domain name

["David R. Conrad" <David.Conrad@nominum.com>]

> The encoding must be a generally accepted one for plain text,
> and given a need for ASCII backwards compatibility resuirement,
> which I think there is, and a requirement to support names in
> any script, UTF-8 is the only option.

Does anyone have actual empirical data for the implications to the existing
software which expects "host name" subset US-ASCII should that software be
presented with UTF-8?

Rgds,
-drc