The Unicode Technical Committee has posted two documents for public comment and input (see below). I am passing this along to the VIP list given the subject matter related to IDNA 2008, Unicode Security Considerations and Mechanisms. Patrick Patrick L. Jones Senior Manager, Security IDN team Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers 1101 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 930 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: +1 202 570 7115 patrick.jones@icann.org<mailto:patrick.jones@icann.org> patrickjones.tel Begin forwarded message: From: "announcements@unicode.org<mailto:announcements@unicode.org>" <announcements@unicode.org<mailto:announcements@unicode.org>> Date: November 21, 2011 3:38:04 PM EST To: "announcements@unicode.org<mailto:announcements@unicode.org>" <announcements@unicode.org<mailto:announcements@unicode.org>> Subject: Two New Public Review Issues: UTR #36, UTS #39 The Unicode Technical Committee has posted two new issues for public review and comment. Details are on the following web page: http://www.unicode.org/review/ Review periods for the new items close on January 30, 2012. Please see the page for links to discussion and relevant documents. Briefly, the new issues are: Issue #208 Proposed Update UTR #36: Unicode Security Considerations http://www.unicode.org/review/pri208/ This UTR is being prepared for an update to bring the IDNA 2008 references up to date. Public review and comment is invited on this draft. Issue #209 Proposed Update Unicode Technical Standard #39 Unicode Security Mechanisms http://www.unicode.org/review/pri209/ This UTS is being prepared for an update to align with Unicode 6.1. Public review and comment is invited on this draft. To supply feedback on these issues, see http://www.unicode.org/review/#feedback . ----