Re: [idn] nameprep forbidden characters

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 05:59:22PM -0400, Edmon wrote:
>   Perhaps host names
> > should avoid all punctuation in all languages so people don't have to
> > worry about it.
> 
> I think we have to remember that it is the registrant's choice to choose a
> name that best reflects their identity online.

No, that's not right.  It is a registrant's choice to chose a name that
best reflects their identity online, consistent with whatever rules are
allowed.  We can't allow .'s for example...

> Punctuations may serve to be
> great symbols that identifies an entity, for example a person called O'Brian
> would want to have the apostrophe for his domain name and a company A&B
> would want the "&" in their name.

Both of these examples would cause serious problems in a unix 
environment, if entered anywhere on a command line.  They 
could cause problems in URLs, as well. etc etc

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