Underscores in host names

Thu May 19 21:53:02 UTC 2005

Edward Lewis wrote:

> It's true that the xn-- convention isn't the best way to encode 
> IDN's, but it has proven to be the optimal one in design (at least). 

It's the necessary minimum for compatibilty purposes, but not anywhere
near the optimal design.

Moreover, those have nothing to do with each other.

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