IDN Compatibility Requirements for Applications

Applications must be IDN-compliant in order to work with internationalized domain names. The following sections list some of the applications that are IDN-compliant along with their requirements.

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, refer to your account details provided in the email sent by your administrator. If you are using the Microsoft Windows platform, you need to install native fonts on your system to ensure that the non-ASCII characters are rendered correctly.

Web browsers

The following section lists the browser requirements.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer

  Platform: Windows

  Applications Supported: Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher

  Plug-ins: i-Nav

• Netscape Navigator

  Platform: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

  Version: 7.1 and higher

• Mozilla

  Platform: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

  Version: 1.4 and higher

Email clients

The following section lists the requirements for email clients.

• Microsoft Outlook

  Platform: Windows

  Version: Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003; Outlook Express 5.0 and higher

  Plug-ins: i-Nav

FTP clients

The following section lists the requirements for FTP clients.

• Secure FTP

  Platform: Windows

  Version: 4.0.2004 and higher

• Core FTP

  Platform: Windows

  Version: Pro 1.3 and higher

Telnet / SSH clients

The following section lists the requirements for Telnet/SSH clients.

• Absolute Telnet

  Platform: Windows

  Version: 3.13 and higher

For a comprehensive list of IDN-compliant applications, please visit http://www.verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory-services/naming-services/internationalized-domain-names/page_002201.html.