RFC Errata
RFC 2825, "A Tangled Web: Issues of I18N, Domain Names, and the Other Internet protocols", May 2000
Source of RFC: IAB
Errata ID: 3124
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Gabriel Montenegro
Date Reported: 2012-02-16
Held for Document Update by: IAB-Chair
Section 3.3 says:
Also, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) uses the textual representation defined in [RFC2579]. While that specification does allow for UTF-8-based domain names, an informal survey of deployed implementations of software libraries being used to build SNMP- compliant software uncovered the fact that few (if any) implement it.
It should say:
Also, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) uses the textual representation defined in [RFC2579]. That specification does not allow for UTF-8-based domain names, and an informal survey of deployed implementations of software libraries being used to build SNMP- compliant software confirmed the fact that few (if any) implement it.
Notes:
RFC2579 is pretty clear about ASCII-only here. Whereas using SnmpAdminString in RFC2571 could allow for UTF-8 in the interest of i18n, that is not what is being discussed here.