[64126] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verisign is selling Netsol [was Re: more on VeriSign to revive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Oct 16 12:44:02 2003
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:19:43 -0700
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <p06100328bbb45f5b6d04@[192.168.1.104]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
The back end DNS is the registry service. What you are saying they are
doing is selling the REGISTRAR business and keeping the REGISTRY.
Or did I miss something?
Owen
--On Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:46 AM -0400 Kee Hinckley
<nazgul@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> --
> Kee Hinckley
> http://www.messagefire.com/ Next Generation Spam Defense
> http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/ Writings on Technology and Society
>
> I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
> responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to
> regulate everyone else's.
