Re: [ldapext] dc+idn

[Leif Johansson <leifj@it.su.se>]

Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 02:31 PM 11/8/2004, Leif Johansson wrote:
>
> > Could someone summarize the state of affairs with "internationalized
> > dc"? It seems to me that there is an urgent need looming here.
>
>
> First, here are some earlier starts on this:
>   http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-zeilenga-ldap-idn-04.txt
>   http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-hall-ldap-idn-00.txt
>
> However, at present, I'm thinking that internationalization
> of domain components (and like things) is better handled
> above the directory.... otherwise internationalized
> and non-internationalized clients will not interoperate
> properly.

Well that may be so but It occured to me the other day that one way
to allow the directory to expose idn's to the user is to create a
transfer option (;idna-decode or something to that effect) which
would return dc and associatedDomain in the ACE-decoded form. A
quick read of the application requirements from RFC3490 seems to
indicate that a transfer option might be constructed that would
fullfill these requirements.

	MVH leifj


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