[63634] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: News coverage, Verisign etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Oct 8 18:13:35 2003
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 18:10:56 -0400
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: nanog@merit.org
Cc: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
In-Reply-To: <11516866202.20031008140815@brandenburg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
-- On Wednesday, October 8, 2003 14:08 -0700
-- Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> supposedly wrote:
> In any event, the problem is not that the semantics of the word are wrong
> in this case, but that using the word just serves to inflame. I was
> particularly heartened that yesterday's meeting was conducted in a
> thoroughly professional tone, with folks offering clear and practical
> expressions of their views.
Since I was not at the meeting, just read the press accounts, I am
interested in this. I got the distinct impression that, although
"professional", Verisign was making an effort to keep things on a purely
technical track. And then afterwards claimed that "nothing broke" since
Joe User could get to www.[webpage].com.
This is not the attitude of someone trying to work through the process to a
mutual resolution. It is the attitude of someone who is trying to work the
process so they can claim some type of validity to their (pre-determined)
decision.
As someone who was there, would you care to comment on my impression?
Happy to be wrong, I certainly would love it if Verisign is actually doing
"the right thing".
--
TTFN,
patrick
