Re: Internationalized domain names in the root

[John Levine <johnl () iecc com>]

> > To fix it, the .eg / .xn--4gbrim TLD registrar needs to contact the
> > Mozilla Foundation in order to inform the Foundation of their
> > official IDN name allocation policy, so that the native-script URL
> > display can then be switched on for their domain.
>
>       Wow, talk about layer violation.

Yeah, security can be like that.  Things which technically are treated
the same are often semantically very different.

>       Is there a central place where various TLDs' IDN policies will
>       be maintained ?

Yes, of course.  See http://www.iana.org/domains/idn-tables/

It doesn't have the new IDN TLDs yet, but that's not surprising since
ICANN didn't bother to tell the registries in advance that would be
making the TLDs active.  See

http://www.circleid.com/posts/by_the_way_your_idn_is_live/

R's,
John