Code Conversions for Internationalized Domain Name Support

This feature is new in the Solaris 9 4/04 release.

Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) enables the use of non-English native language names as host and domain names. To use such non-English host and domain names, application developers must convert the names into ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) names in their applications as specified in the RFC 3490. System administrators are also required to use ACE names in system files and applications where the system administration applications do not yet support the IDNs.

This feature aids in the conversion by providing the conversion API with various supported option arguments. Refer to the following man pages for more detail:

• libidnkit(3LIB)

• idn_decodename(3EXT)

• idn_decodename2(3EXT)

• idn_encodename(3EXT)

• iconv_en_US.UTF–8(5)