Re: [registrars] IDN in three months.

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Bob,

IETF meetings happen every 4 months and it takes about 3 to come close on
IDN decisions. I would have loved to see IDN move faster through the IETF
but there have been many road blocks.

This all goes to show that Registries shouldn't roll out their own version
of reality before it becomes standardized.

I think you make light of how important it is for IDN to work, there
are Billions of potential users of Internationalized domains names over
the next 20 years and thats the context the IETF is working in.

I'd like to see the registry renew all ML domains for another year, as none
of the domains have been able to be used. We have VeriSign raking in over
6 Million on this little project and the registrants are left holding the
bag.


-rick

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Robert F. Connelly wrote:

> Dear Rick:
>
> I note the following in the Excom Minutes:
>
> International Domain Names
>
> RW: There will be a slow roll-out of International Domain Names. The
> issue will be with the IETF for the next 3 months at least. RW details
> several of the failures of Verisign to devise appropriate software to
> allow for the retention, modification, and use of international domain
> names.
> Action: RW to produce report on IDN.
>
> end quote:
>
> It is interesting that when you first told us about the ML Domains, aka
> IDN, you said they would resolve in one to three months.  That
> conversation I'd put in September or October of 2000.
>
> JPNic held a seminar on IDN on 13 July, six weeks ago.  Speakers from
> IETF and Verisign thought the decision would be reached within three
> months -- which version of ACE, perhaps DUDE, would be selected.
>
> Here are the details of that meeting:
>
> "Japanese Domain Names Association" is being founded.
> (Mr.Jun Murai is proposer, also Mr.Tom Newel, Mr.James Seng.)
>
> After the foundation general meeting, the memorial lecture meeting
> will be held.
>
> Date:      Jul.13,2001 16:30-
> Place:     JPNIC meeting room(1F)
> Program: "The present condition and the future of the Domain business"
>                by Mr. Tom Newel (Vice President of Verisign)
>              "The standardization of IDN"
>                by Mr. James Seng (Chair of IETF IDN)
>
> end quote:
>
> I think I am beginning to understand.  "Resolution" is like the pot of
> gold at the end of the rainbow, it is always within our reach but not our
> grasp, it moves away at the speed of our approach thereto;-(  Always
> three months away.
>
> Regards, BobC
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