IDN Usage - IDN Forums

outcell · #1 04-25-2006, 09:12 PM

Hello,

Well since IDNs cannot be used as emails (*@idn.com). Can they be used are forums? i mean can you access the forum with the IDName? Or are IDNs only avaiable for webpages only?

Thanks and i hope my questions and concerns are clear..

Giant · #2 04-25-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by outcell

Hello,

Well since IDNs cannot be used as emails (*@idn.com)...

</p>Who said that? I have been using IDN email for more than 2 years now.

Drewbert · #3 04-25-2006, 10:15 PM

Forums ARE web pages, AFAIK.

They can be used by ANY Internet application as long as the CLIENT converts the IDN into punycode before it gets to the name resolution stage, and the receiving client recognises punycode and converts it back to IDN for the recipient's eyeballs.

Rubber Duck · #4 04-25-2006, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Drewbert

Forums ARE web pages, AFAIK.

They can be used by ANY Internet application as long as the CLIENT converts the IDN into punycode before it gets to the name resolution stage, and the receiving client recognises punycode and converts it back to IDN for the recipient's eyeballs.

Thanks Drewbert! There must have been more utter bollucks talked on this subject than any other subject in human history. It is nice to that there are others out there putting people straight, mind you if you want a real chalenge you could always try Stuff at DNF. There is thick and bloody thick and then there is Stuff!

outcell · #5 04-25-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Drewbert

Forums ARE web pages, AFAIK.

They can be used by ANY Internet application as long as the CLIENT converts the IDN into punycode before it gets to the name resolution stage, and the receiving client recognises punycode and converts it back to IDN for the recipient's eyeballs.

Thanks for the clarifications.. So i can just install a forum like i do to the ordinary ccTLD domains? Just to be sure lol

and what is AFAIK?

OldIDNer · #6 04-25-2006, 10:45 PM

well, as far as I know (AFAIK), it means....

Rubber Duck · #7 04-25-2006, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by OldIDNer

well, as far as I know, it means....

Or more accurately, I have read this but I have lost the reference!

mulligan · #8 04-25-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

....... mind you if you want a real chalenge you could always try Stuff at DNF. There is thick and bloody thick and then there is Stuff!

Thats the best laugh Ive had for a while!!

blastfromthepast · #9 04-25-2006, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by outcell

Thanks for the clarifications.. So i can just install a forum like i do to the ordinary ccTLD domains? Just to be sure lol

You can just install a forum like you do with ordinary gTLD, ccTLD, and other domains.

outcell · #10 04-26-2006, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

You can just install a forum like you do with ordinary gTLD, ccTLD, and other domains.

Thanks... That was a relief and a straight answer is always appreciated

blastfromthepast · #11 04-26-2006, 01:32 AM

The short answer is It Just Works.

Try it, if you have any problems, post.

Here's a working example of a databse driven, IDN website: http://даль.com/

outcell · #12 04-26-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

The short answer is It Just Works.

Try it, if you have any problems, post.

Here's a working example of a databse driven, IDN website: http://даль.com/

Thanks