Ian Smith [smithi§nimnet.asn.au] wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, David Keegel wrote:
> 
>  > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:20:43PM +0000, Kim Davies wrote:
>  > > Quoting Vic Cinc on Saturday November 25, 2006:
>  > > | 
>  > > | another looming "solution" looking for a prolem, is internationalised domain names,
>  > > | for which there is no demand. if auda wants idn then it should pay
>  > > | for all 20 odd registrar systems to be modified to handle idn, because
>  > > | for most registrars its going to be a non-recoverable investement.
>  > > 
>  > > Why? If a registrar doesn't want to implement IDN support, they
>  > > shouldn't have to. Let the registrars who want to sell them invest in
>  > > whatever technology is required, and if Enetica doesn't want to sell
>  > > IDNs, fine. Don't.
>  > 
>  > If I understand the situation correctly, letting any registrars sell
>  > IDNs would require them to use a registry-registrar protocol which
>  > has IDN support, and be talking to a registry backend which has IDN
>  > support.
>  > 
>  > The question then is whether the registry offers two or more registry-
>  > registrar protocols simultaneously for registrars to choose between
>  > (one with IDN support, and another which is the same as was used
>  > for the few last years).
>  > 
>  > Obviously the registry would also need to handle IDNs internally.
> 
> Is it really being proposed to use non-Roman characters in .au domains?

apparently so. what a support nightmare that is going to create. a major boon
for scammers and phishing.

Vic