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kateroh
kateroh

Reputation: 4416

A hostname with Unicode characters is valid in Windows 8

Uri.CheckHostName("контосо.ком") returns UriHostNameType.Unknown everywhere, but on Windows 8, where it returns UriHostNameType.Dns. Any ideas why all of a sudden a hostname with Unicode/Cyrillic characters is valid in Windows 8?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2085

Answers (1)

I4V
I4V

Reputation: 35353

Because of this. Internationalized domain name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5895

Upvotes: 5

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