[19232] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Wed Sep 2 19:17:41 1998
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 19:05:36 -0400
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Bill Becker <bbecker@iconn.net>
Cc: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>, Andy Walden <andy@enigma.mtco.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980902172237.22970C-100000@crispy.iconn.net>; from Bill Becker on Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:31:10PM -0400
On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:31:10PM -0400, Bill Becker wrote:
> > I guess I would tend to disagree. The whois database is there so that the
> > Internet users - be they marketing types or technical types - can obtain
>
> Whatever it's purpose, let's not lose sight of the fact that NSI is using
> their database to market Verisign certs via UCE.
Um.
Other than the Verisign promotion I see on the *web page* at the end
of a new domain registration, I've never had ANY communication whatsoever
from them about Verisign certificates.
You'd best believe that if I did, I'd be in Virginia the next day,
looking for an NSI executive who needed a couple shoe-prints on his butt. :)
--
"You know, I've decided lizards aren't too smart."
--Me, to "Junior", one of my iguanas
