[dns-operations] xn--

[John Levine]

It appears that Joe Abley via dns-operations <jabley at strandkip.nl> said:
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>Hi Gihan,
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>On 26 Jun 2025, at 05:48, Gihan Dias <gihan at domains.lk> wrote:
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>> Could anyone point me at a description of how xn-- was chosen for the prefix for idn domains,

For the record, here's a better copy of that message:

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce-old/GFDjRgtRLENa0NtyesYh8bAg6Q0/

The discussion of exactly which prefixes they considered and why is quite complete.

R's,
John