[64106] in North American Network Operators' Group
Verisign is selling Netsol [was Re: more on VeriSign to revive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kee Hinckley)
Thu Oct 16 10:58:48 2003
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:46:04 -0400
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
From: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 3:18 PM +0100 10/16/03, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> >Just out of curiousity, I wonder how many domain registrations those of
>us
>>on nanog represent? Contract sanctions from ICANN are one thing, taking
>>all of our business elsewhere might also be effective at getting a point
>>across (though it might also backfire - pushing Verisign to be even more
>>agressive at taking advantage of their positioning).
>
>There are alternative suppliers for registering domain names and
>SSL certs. Look here http://referrals.tucows.com/
>for registrars that are alternatives to Verisign for .com and .net.
This point just became moot.
Versign is selling the registry business. Network Solutions is being
spun off. They retain the back end DNS.
http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031016.html?sl=070805
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