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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:07:48 -0600 From: "John Neiberger" <john.neiberger@efirstbank.com> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu >>>> "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com> 10/8/03 1:54:12 PM >>> >>In these days of corporate malfeasance scandal coverage, you'd think that >>Verisign's tactics would have whetted the appetite of some bright >>investigative reporter for one of the major publications. > >For all that I'm critical of wildcards in TLDs -- I spoke at the >meeting yesterday, and my slides are on my Web page -- I don't think >there are any issues of malfeasance. No one has been looting >Verisign's coffers, they're not cooking the books, etc. I see three >issues: is this technically wise, did Verisign have the right to do >this under their current contract with ICANN, and should they have such >a right. I don't see anything resembling dishonesty. The dishonesty came later in the form of press releases and 'commentary' by Mark McLaughlin. Well, perhaps dishonesty is too harsh a term. Let's be kind and say they are being disingenuous instead. John --
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