[ga] RE: [ga] FW: Eeek - .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More

["John B. Reynolds" <john@reynolds.chicago.il.us>]

A look at http://www.nunames.nu/ISO-8859-test.htm indicates that the
poster's concerns appear to be justified.  "Known problems" include
compatibility issues with certain popular operating systems and Web
browsers, and two large Swedish ISPs' failure to resolve the names at all.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Roeland
> M.J. Meyer
> Sent: Friday, 07 January 2000 01:07
> To: Wg-C@Dnso. Org (E-mail); ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] FW: Eeek - .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More
>
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> For your entertainment. What is significant is that Dr. Paul
> Mockapetris is working on the project. One would hope he knows what
> he's doing<grin>. What is barely relevant is the NANOG-poster's
> reaction. I would think that Paul has figured out a way to do this
> safely, or he wouldn't be doing it. The concern is that he is also a
> master of spaghettii and I would hope that he is beyond writing the
> code himself.
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf
> Of
> Kai Schlichting
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 2:54 PM
> To: nanog@merit.net
> Cc: kai@pac-rim.net
> Subject: Eeek - .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More
>
>
>
> Fellow NANOG readers,
>
> The following is sure to
> a.) break a lot of things DNS, Mail and Web-wise
> b.) have major impact in the form of confused customers calling
>      your customer service departments
> c.) will hopefully fail.
>
> If the .NU people think they can undo RFC 1035 section 2.3.1
> (see http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1035.html ) and bury
> interoperability
> at large for nothing else but sleazily gaining some commercial
> advantage
> in the registrar business, they are *so* wrong.
>
> bye,Kai
>
>
> >From: bill@mail.nic.nu
> >To: XXXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX
> >Subject: Announcing .NU Domains using Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ - And More
> >Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:00:00 -0500
> >X-Mailer: Allaire ColdFusion Application Server
> >
> >
> >Hello;                                  January 6, 2000
> >
> >NU domain now has a new, exclusive service available - Support for
> >your local language character set in any .NU Domain name you have
> >already registered.
> >
> >You can pre-register today at http://www.nunames.nu/customers/secure
> >
> >
> >Technical staff at .NU Domain, working under the guidance of
> >Dr. Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Internet's Domain Name
> >System (DNS), are developing an updated version of the DNS software
> >used on the internet which allows .NU Domain to provide this unique
> >service. Although the service is in its Beta or early test period,
> >.NU Domain will now accept pre-registrations of domain names that
> >use
> >Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and a wide
> >range of other European character sets in any .NU Domain name.
> >
> >Examples which we are currently testing include:
> >http://SödraKärr.se.nu, http://FöreningsSparbanken.se.nu/,
> >http://domän.se.nu and http://tillbehör.se.nu/
> >
> >For more information on this test, and the current limitations of
> >the service, please see http://www.nunames.nu/ISO-8859-test.htm
> >
> >NU domain is now giving all current customers an advance opportunity
> > to pre-register for this service, for a one-time fee of US$35.
> >Since  the service requires that you already have an "English
> >Alphabet" .NU  domain name registered and active (using only ASCII
> >characters
> >a-z, 0-9), we have decided to postpone public announcement of this
> >new European character set  service in order to allow our existing
> >customers to get first choice to pre-register their preferred domain
> >names using Swedish or other European language characters such as
> >Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, or Ñ.
> >
> >To pre-register now, and to qualify to take part in our test of this
> >unique new service, please go to
> >http://www.nunames.nu/customers/secure and log in to modify your
> >current .NU domain name to add this new service. Current policies
> >expect that your pre-registered domain name will be similar to your
> >current .NU domain name, with the addition of a Swedish or other
> >language's character(s) (for example, domain.nu and domän.nu).
> >
> >We will start accepting public registrations for this new service,
> >which  will require registration of an English alphabet .NU domain
> >name as well, starting next week (January 10, 2000), on a
> >first-come, first-served basis.
> >
> >And remember - no other Top Level domain in the world offers
> >this unique service. So we expect public interest - and registration
> >rates - to be very strong once we announce the service.
> >
> >Although we are not yet offering pre-registration for Asian names
> >(using Japanese, Chinese and other characters) we expect to also
> >support those language sets in the near future. Customers in Japan
> >may want to contact NU Certified Registrar, Kurosawa.net,
> >http://www.nihongo.nu, for more information (email
> >support@kurosawa.net).
> >
> >If you have any questions about this new service, please contact our
> >support desk at support@mail.nic.nu or email me directly.
> >
> >Many thanks for your continuing support for .NU domain!
> >
> >Bill Semich
> >President and Founder
> >NU Domain Ltd
> >http://whats.nu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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