Subject: [Informasjon fra Norid] auto-test@norid.no accepts IDN-applications
From: Jarle Greipsland <jarle@uninett.no>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:09:39 +0100 (CET)
To: registrar@lists.norid.no

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Hi,

the test system supporting the auto-test@norid.no address now
accepts Domain Applications as specified in

  http://www.norid.no/regelverk/forslag/idn-2003/skjema/reg_domene.html

In particular, it is now possible to submit applications for
domain names having characters from outside the set [a-z0-9.-].
The test system will validate the ACE-version of the domain name,
should the domain name be an IDN.  Note that this validation
happens in the back end validation engine, and not in the front
end parser, thus there will be a delay between the immediate
response and any IDN feedback.

Since the underlying code base has gone through extensive changes
in order to accomodate IDN, there are most certainly new and
interestings bugs in the code.  "Expect the unexpected".
So, should you discover any errors or irregularities in the
test system behavior, please report these to info@norid.no.

					-jarle