[62702] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: When is Verisign's registry contract up for renewal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Sun Sep 21 03:29:38 2003
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:28:57 -0400
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net>
To: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030921062304.29862.qmail@web80110.mail.yahoo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 11:23:04PM -0700, Henry Linneweh wrote:
> My view would concur with this, these are really old battles starting back in the
> netsol days and now the verisign has taken the same short sighted path.
>
> It is time that neutral party is in charge
> -Henry R Linneweh
I was thinking this earlier this week.
This is a public-trust that should be operated by people
whose sole job is to keep it up and working, not by a dual-role
entity as it is today.
Perhaps we can get someone to make a not-for-profit
for this sole role.
- Jared
> Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com> wrote:
>
> > > ICANN can seek specific performance of the agreement by Verisign, or
> > > seek to terminate Verisign's contract as the .COM/.NET registry operator
> > > and transfer the operation to a successor registry.
> >
> > Quiet honestly I'd like to see all of the GTLD servers given to neutral
> > companies, ones that ARE not registrars. [...]
>
> frankly i am mystified as to why icann awards registry contracts to
> for-profit entities. registrars can be for-profit, but registries should
> be non-profit or public-trust or whatever that specific nation's laws allow
> for in terms of requirements for open accounting, uniform dealing, and
> nonconflict with the public's interest.
> --
> Paul Vixie
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