Re: [idn] Comparisons of the proposals

[Dan Oscarsson <Dan.Oscarsson@trab.se>]

>The shortest response would be "please read the drafts". :-)
>
>Here's an addition to the list that I gave the other day that will 
>hopefully answer your questions.
>
>Format of DNS requests and responses on the wire
>utf-5:  no protocol changes, names in UTF-5 (ASCII)
>cidnuc: no protocol changes, names in CIDNUC (ASCII)
>8&down: addition of IN bit in requests and responses
>         for internationalized names, names in
>         UTF-8 (binary)
>

Actually in the 8&down case, the format is UTF-8 when communicating
with 8&down capable DNS software and an ASCII compatible format when
communicating with others (current DNS software).

   Dan