Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Letter to editors news.com article by Verisign rep

[Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>]

This is interesting.... Not only does sitefinder change the From: field and
Reply-To: field, but, they completely eliminate the Sender identity.  OK...
this list has no non-evil intent... I'm out of here.  I will not be a pawn
in Verisign's evil.

Owen DeLong
owen@delong.com


--On Tuesday, October 7, 2003 12:27 PM -0500 Verisign Sitefinder Discussion 
<sitefinder@edgeinfotech.com> wrote:

> Following is text of email I posted to the letters to the editor addres
> at  cnet this morning.
> ===================================================
>
> Re: http://news.com.com/2010-1071-5086769.html
>
> How can news.com publish such drivel by a Verisign representative and
> keep a straight editorial face?
>
> Verisign, without prior warning, implemented a service that broke DNS,
> the  backbone and heart of the Internet. It broke anti-spam lists
> worldwide. It  triggered the IRC to release two quick patches to DNS to
> repair the damage  done by Verisign, costing administrators worldwide
> hours of unnecessary  labor to try and restore stability to DNS.
>
> The author of this piece sounds like your typical non-technical PHB who
> doesn't understand that the web is NOT the Internet, and a HELL of a lot
> more things that a URL redirect depend on DNS that functions according to
> established RFCs. I would not be surprised if this writer thought an RFC
> was something he would order for breakfast at a KFC rather than a
> standard reference for interoperability.
>
> ICANN acted correctly when it issued its cease and desist letter to
> Verisign. It is a shame it took two weeks to do so, it should have taken
> two hours. The registrars and businesses that are suing Verisign for their
> back teeth over this unconscionable act of sabatoge of a key service on
> which the Internet depends to function acted correctly.  And the judge in
> those cases that will inevitably find in the plaintiffs favor and against
> Verislime, or excuse me, Verisign, will be acting correctly.
>
> As far as I am concerned, this is the last straw. The Department of
> Commerce should immediately rescind the recently announced three years
> extension of contract with Verisign. It should declare Verisign no longer
> eligible to even apply for any of the delegated roles and trusts it now
> has for the a. TLD server and the .com and .net primary registries, and a
> new contract should be let to a company that is willing and ready to
> adhere to its contracts, and adhere to standards of Internet programming
> and interoperability.
>
> ---
> Ron.
> http://edgeinfotech.com
> http://keepamericafree.com
>
>
>
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