[db-wg] Internationalized domain names in the data abase?

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Piotr Strzyzewski Piotr.Strzyzewski at polsl.pl
Fri Nov 8 16:06:10 CET 2019

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 11:10:10AM +0100, Edward Shryane via db-wg wrote:
> DB-WG:
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> - if (a), should the RIPE database automatically convert IDN domain names in email addresses into punycode?

That is just a workaround for the general problem of having UTF8 in the
DB.

> - or if (b), should the RIPE database support UTF-8 for the domain part of IDN email addresses? This is technically possible in the Whois server side, but it's a large change for clients.

We should make our minds about UTF8. One way or another.

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Piotr Strzyżewski

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