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So it would have broken the whole internet for anyone using a UTF-8 domain name and this system would be adopted by no one. It’s like IPv6, using IPv6 doesn’t b
by tinus_hn 4y ago
So it would have broken the whole internet for anyone using a UTF-8 domain name and this system would be adopted by no one. It’s like IPv6, using IPv6 doesn’t break anything for anyone not using it. It’s just that if you use ipv6, you can’t talk to half of the internet including this site.
- cryptonector 4y agoIt wouldn't have broken the whole internet though. It's hyperbolic to suggest that it would have.
- tinus_hn 4y agoYes, it would, because at the start no one would be supporting it so no one would be able to connect. So it would have broken the entire internets ability to connect to you. And remember, as a user, you don’t just use one DNS server that you need to upgrade, you use multiple and they all need to support it and a typical user is not in a position to upgrade it. If you don’t believe that, believe this: if it were as simple as you claim, just add in UTF8, the world wouldn’t have settled on punycode. They didn’t, because it is not actually that simple. It’s so hard, it’s actually simpler to settle for punycode.