[62217] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verisign insanity - Distributed non-attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bdragon@gweep.net)
Tue Sep 16 18:35:49 2003
To: nanog@adns.net (John Palmer)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:18:30 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, ga@dnso.org
In-Reply-To: <012f01c37c69$24de61f0$3119d797@JPALMERWIN2K> from "John Palmer" at Sep 16, 2003 10:42:02 AM
From: bdragon@gweep.net
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> This is just another example of a virtual monopoly doing whatever them
> damn well please because .... THEY CAN.
>
> Sorry to sound like a broken record, but we in the Inclusive Namespace
> have been saying this all along.
>
> How about a world with 1000's of TLDs all operated by different people
> with NO restrictions imposed by a monopoly-supporting politburo (ICANN).
Then things would be a million times worse. At least thankfully we
have a monopoly regulator which _can_ force Verisign to undo the damage.
Your world would only promote registrars doing whatever they please.
Thankfully, for yet another reason, you aren't in control.
