# Re: 8 bit characters in DNS names (and URNs?)

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 21:49:51 PST

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    To: dupuy@smarts.com

    In-Reply-To: Alexander Dupuy's message of Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:26:03 -0800 <9603052026.AA01258@just.smarts.com>

    Subject: Re: 8 bit characters in DNS names (and URNs?)

    From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>

    Message-Id: <96Mar6.214954pst.168963@nebula.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 21:49:51 PST

I apologize for sending out my note before scanning my mail
sufficiently, since I missed yours. It looks like we agree, though!

I wonder, though, whether utf-8 in DNS will really deal with the
problem, since entities might well have multiple registrations for all
of the variant spellings of their name by culture and convention.

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