Re: LSD0001 review

[Schanzenbach, Martin]

> On 7. Feb 2022, at 20:12, Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:
> 
> Schanzenbach, Martin schreef op ma 07-02-2022 om 19:02 [+0000]:
>>>> LEGACY HOSTNAME
>>>>     A UTF-8 string (which is not 0-terminated) representing the
>>>> legacy hostname.
>>> 
>>> What happens if it contaings \0, or ends with two dots, does that
>> mean
>>> the LEHO record is invalid and must be rejected?  If it is in
>> punycode,
>>> why say ‘A UTF-8 string’ instead of ’an ASCII string’?
>> 
>> It is not in punycode. It is just a UTF-8 string.
>> Why is it not 0-terminated? TBH I am not sure, probably to save a
>> byte :)
> 
> A follow-up question: LEGACY HOSTNAME can be an UTF-8 string, not in
> punycode.  But can it be in punycode, even though that is not
> necessary?  Should punycode be forbidden here, in favour of UTF-8?

Well punycode is ASCII. And any ASCII string is (AFAIK) is also a valid uncode 
string.
So yes, you can put punycode in there.

BR

> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime.

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