Re: [idn] New protocol proposal: IDNRA

["A. Vine" <avine@eng.sun.com>]

John C Klensin wrote:
> 
> --On Sunday, 27 August, 2000 21:14 -0700 Bill Manning
> <bmanning@ISI.EDU> wrote:
> 
> >        We have some metrics on diffusion rates of new code
> >        in the DNS.  If significant vulnerabilities exist,
> >        they are generally mitigated in about 18 months, at least
> >        based on current data.
> 
> Once again, the issue is really not the DNS, but the
> applications.  And that is true independent of the solution
> chosen unless the entire path from UI to APIs to resolver is
> completely insensitive to the presence of names outside the
> traditional format and set of characters.   This is not an
> argument against moving forward as quickly as possible; it is an
> argument against selecting any solution that depends on a "short
> period of pain, then everything will be ok" model.
> 

I liken it to the deployment of new browser versions.  Certainly a year
is not enough to expect.  I'd give it closer to 4 years.

Andrea
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