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Re: http://xn--1lq90ic7fzpc.cn/

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Thu May 19 15:48:43 2005

To: Peter & Karin Dambier <peter@peter-dambier.de>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 May 2005 21:37:09 +0200."
             <10031.1116531429@www58.gmx.net> 
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:47:20 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


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On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:37:09 +0200, Peter & Karin Dambier said:
> 
> Is it one third of the total internet population
> for whom it makes sense to see "--" in hostnames?

Actually, xn-- doesn't make sense to *ANYBODY*.  For about 1/3
of the population, the *encoded data*, once decoded, makes sense.

But they don't see the xn-- part.



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