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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.

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