[atlarge-discuss] Internationalized Domain Names

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Jefsey,

Allow me to make a few observations with regard to IDNA.  

1.  The selection of "xn" was purely random as is detailed in this document:  
http://ops.ietf.org/lists/idn/idn.2003/msg00029.html    An opportunity was 
provided in mid February by the IANA to publicly dispute the computation of 
the result -- it serves no purpose now to raise objections three months after 
the horse has left the barn.

2.  The issue of possible confusion/problems from characters scripted in 
different languages has long been recognized.  The potential for homographic 
attack is even highlighted in the document "Briefing Paper on IDN Permissible 
Code Point Problems" posted at 
http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/idn-codepoint-paper.htm    Discussions on 
these issues are ongoing within several world-wide technical communities but 
this is probably not the most appropriate forum for such technical 
discussions.

3.  Most of the issues/questions that you raise pertain to the implementation 
of IDNA which brings significant risks for the domain name system, in 
particular the likelihood of widespread user confusion and new opportunities 
for cybersquatting. 

The problem for our community lies in the fact that ICANN intends to diminish 
these risks solely by reliance upon what they have termed "sensible 
registry-level policies", and by "the coordination of consistent technical 
implementations across DNS registries".  This is a major problem because 
ICANN has already stated that " ICANN's mission does not include 
micromanaging registry-level implementation" -- see 
http://www.icann.org/riodejaneiro/idn-topic.htm .

I would welcome the creation of an icannatlarge working group devoted to 
enumerating IDNA policy concerns.  Perhaps the next panel will see fit to 
create working groups devoted to different DNS issues -- one can only hope.



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