[63616] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verisign on Process
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom (UnitedLayer))
Wed Oct 8 14:44:18 2003
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom@unitedlayer.com>
To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.org
In-Reply-To: <p0510031bbba9f7a36f76@[192.168.0.2]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
> Gomes' position truly bothers me if a registry, given that it meets
> the formal definition of a technical monopoly, is planning around
> competitive advantage.
I think its definately a sign that the verisign hegemony over domain
registration needs to be removed. If they're going to be so irresponsible
as to misuse a public trust, they need to be nixed.
> Other speakers pointed out that the functionality of Sitefinder could
> be implemented at the edge, not breaking the end-to-end assumption
> and still allowing innovation. Internet Explorer, for example, has
> such functionality.
>
> MS and VS. Reminds me of some recent wars where observers were sad
> that only one side could lose. :-)
I think that might be one way to have Verisign quashed - use the
monopolies to smash eachother.
Think about how much money MS lost due to sitefinder...
