Posted by Jason Barnett on 05/13/05 16:55

Marcus Bointon wrote:
....
>
> They did "change the rules" starting in November 2000, with RFCs (3454,
> 3490, 3491, 3492) finalised in 2003. See http://
> www.verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory-services/
> naming-services/internationalized-domain-names/index.html This page may
> be of interest too: http://www.imc.org/idna/. Also, have you tried
> going to www.café.com? It works just fine for me (if you're using an

http://www.café.com -> I was redirected to http://www.xn--caf-dma.com/
http://www.whois.sc/www.café.com -> http://www.whois.sc/www.caf%E9.com
(which shows the entry for some site which I don't understand)
http://www.cafe.com -> some wireless internet provider
http://www.whois.sc/www.cafe.com -> wireless internet provider

What was it supposed to be exactly?

All of the above was through Firefox 1.0.4 / Win32.

[Back to original message]