Re: [idn] Re: 7 bits forever!

["John Stracke" <jstracke@incentivesystems.com>]

>Secondly, the proposed nameserver will definitely handle the original 
form
>of DNS...

OK, in context, I thought you were talking about dropping 7-bit stuff 
altogether.

>So, the idea is to respond in ACE if asked in ACE; respond in 8 if asked 
in
>8 (also include the associated ACE to be used incase destination
>servers...http/mail/etc... are not upgraded).

OK, so then what's the advantage of UTF-8 over ACE? The range of 
expression is the same; and, if you're replying with both, then the packet 
size doesn't shrink.

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