Re: [access-control] ToASCII algorithm

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:43:50 +0200, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
> In the current draft, the algorithm for matching access items says that  
> both the origin label and item label should be converted using the  
> ToASCII algorithm. However the pattern for the label part of items does  
> not allow any other characters than alphanumeric and '-'.
>
> Should we use other patterns for the subdomain part to allow  
> internationalized characters? Or should we change the algorithm to not  
> apply ToASCII to the item label?

I agree that STD13 (RFC1034) is a bit vague but subdomain (and label) do  
allow other characters. They are both defined as a serie of octets. The  
more restricted BNF at the end of the specification seems to be  
non-normative.


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Monday, 30 July 2007 12:06:27 UTC