[Unicode Announcement] New draft Unicode specifications for IDNA and Security

There are new drafts of Unicode specifications connected with IDNA and

Security:

* UTS #46: Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing

* UTS #39: Unicode Security Mechanisms

* UTR #36: Unicode Security Considerations

The major changes include the following:

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/tr46-2.html

* Major rework based on the UTC and editorial committee decisions.

The text and specification are simplified considerably.

* The FAQ section was separated from the document and rewritten as

an independent FAQ page

* Draft data files were restructured

* Added a comparison table of IDNA2003, UTS46, and IDNA2008

/NOTE: IDNA2008 is not final, and the draft UTS46 may undergo changes

depending on the final form of IDNA2008/

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr39/tr39-3.html

* The confusable data was revised to add data extracted from a

comparison of font data from Windows and Mac

* Additional mappings were also added, such as "rn" ~ "m"

* The characters recommended for identifiers were updated based on

UAX 31

http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/tr36-8.html

* Added new sections

o 3.6 Secure Encoding Conversion

o 3.7 Enabling Lossless Conversion to Unicode

The public review period for these specifications ends on January 26, 2010.

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