NAME

  Net-IDN-tools -- modules for handling of Internationalised
	           Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)

OVERVIEW

  Net::IDN::Encode   -- high-level interface for encoding and 
  			decoding of domain names (implements
			toASCII and toUNICODE as defined in
			RFC 3490)

  Net::IDN::Nameprep -- normalization of domain names (Nameprep,
			RFC 3491)

  Net::IDN::Punycode -- ASCII-compatible encoding of Unicode 
  			(Punycode, RFC 3492)

  IDNA::Punycode     -- Compatibility with earlier versions

INSTALLATION

  To install this module type the following:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

DEPENDENCIES

  This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Unicode::Stringprep

PERL VERSION

  You should use perl 5.8.3 or higher.

  Well, these modules DO work with perl 5.6.x. However, YOU have
  to make sure that you only pass valid UTF-8 strings to this
  module or you will get unintended results. perl 5.8.x (or
  higher) takes care of this by maintaining a UTF-8 flag for
  strings.

AUTHOR

  Claus Färber <CFAERBER@cpan.org>

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>
  Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>

$Id: README 87 2009-12-10 23:54:58Z cfaerber $