Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Pseudo code please

[Brian Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Newton" <anewton@verisignlabs.com>
To: "Kee Hinckley" <nazgul@somewhere.com>
Cc: "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>;
<sitefinder-tech-discuss@lists.elistx.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Pseudo code please

> To be clear:  you have internal applications that have one code path for
> .com and .net and a separate code path for .biz, .edu, etc...?  This
> raises a bunch of questions:  Not that it happens all that often, but
> what do you do when new TLD's come on-line?  And where are you getting
> your spec on the TLD structure?  What are you doing for the ccTLD's?
>

I do not think he means that there are specific things coded in for .com and
.net.  What he is saying IMHO is that when people wrote functions they
expected certain things to be a specific way - .com and .net have ALWAYS
returned NXDOMAIN on nonexistant domains.  Because .com and .net are the
most popular TLDs, this is kinda logical for them to do.   By changing the
.com and .net TLDs you are expecting every developer in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD
to bend to your mystical whims and change their programs.  The TLDs which do
use the wildcard are nearly as popular as .com and .net, and most of them
were brought online with the wildcards in place - not changed later on after
everyone in the world had a domain in the TLD and people expected certain
things from it.


> You'll get no argument here.  There do no appear to be guidelines for
> this.  However, VeriSign would be willing to participate in their
creation.

Verisign only likes talking when it benefits them.  The minute they realize
that people don't support them - they start their FUD campaign and start
ignoring the people who are trying to talk to them.

I asked last week to speak to some technical people about my concerns and
get an official statement from someone at verisign.  I got one call back
from bite but still have yet to hear back from people who know about the
details.  You know what that tells me?  It tells me that Verisign has no
interest of actually working with the community.  They are only interested
in themselves regardless if it fucks everyone else over in the process.

This is why I despise Verisign.  Forget being fair.  This is out of control.

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