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Re: Last Call: 'Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification' to Proposed Standard

2005-02-02 16:09:14


  *> 
  *> 
  *> --On Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 14:19 -0500 Bruce Lilly
  *> <blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> wrote:
  *> 
  *> >...
  *> > Q: Why is the reference to "ASCII" given as the 1968 version
  *> > rather    than ANSI INCITS 4-1986 (R2002)?  [N.B. no typos,
  *> > the dates really    are 1968 and 1986]
  *> >...
  *> 
  *> Because some incompatible changes were made in the ASCII
  *> definition in the early 70s that would have fouled up the
  *> "network virtual terminal" character set.  You will find that
  *> X3.4-1968 is referenced in most Internet applications protocols
  *> that require an ASCII reference, include those for telnet, ftp,
  *> and the email base protocols as well as the DNS ones.
  *> 
  *>    john
  *> 


Presumably, this is the character set defined in RFC 20 ...?

Bob

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