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VeriSign Capitulates

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Wilde)
Fri Oct 3 15:45:08 2003

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Wilde <twilde@dyndns.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40241-2003Oct3.html

And they act like they're the victims.  Amazing.

"Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down
the Site Finder service," said VeriSign spokesman Tom Galvin. "We will
accede to their request while we explore all of our options."

How about a public outcry?  Did you miss that part?  You don't deserve a
hearing.

Of course, they haven't removed the wildcard yet:

dig is-it-gone-yet.com. @a.gtld-servers.net. +short
64.94.110.11

-- 
Tim Wilde
twilde@dyndns.org
Systems Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
http://www.dyndns.org/

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