Using Remote Access Services to Connect to IDN Domains

If your application is IDN-compliant, you can use the IDN representation of a domain name to access domains when you use remote access services such as FTP, Telnet, or SSH. Additionally, you must configure the services to use the character set UTF-8 to enable correct interpretation of IDNs.

Important: If your application is not IDN-compliant, you must use the ASCII-encoded representation of the domain name to access the domain. To view the ASCII-encoded representation, click the link show text name next to the IDN.

To connect to an IP-based domain using a non-IDN compliant client (such as Telnet/SSH/FTP on Linux):

  1. Connect to the domain using the domain name or IP address.

    #ssh <ascii_encoded_domain>

    For example, to connect to the domain fargbolaget.nu using its ASCII-encoded representation xn-- frgbolaget-q5a.nu, type:

    #ssh xn--frgbolaget-q5a.nu

  2. Enter the user name and password.

To connect to a name-based domain using a non-IDN compliant client (such as Telnet/SSH/FTP on Linux):

  1. Connect to the domain using the domain name or IP address.

    #ssh <ascii_encoded_domain>

    For example, to connect to the domain fargbolaget.nu using its ASCII-encoded representation xn-- frgbolaget-q5a.nu, type:

    #ssh xn--frgbolaget-q5a.nu

  2. Enter the user name (in the format <user@ascii_encoded_domain>) and password.