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

[Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>]

Andrew Newton wrote:

> Jeff McAdams wrote:
> > And with these two sentences, you demonstrate, clearly, that you 
> (Andy),
> > and you (Verisign) "don't get it."
>
> Taking my VeriSign hat off (since you made it personal):
> Perhaps I don't -- literally.  I just checked the logs for my personal 
> mail server that serves my own domain and a few others.  In the last 4 
> weeks, only 0.25% of its traffic had domains that did not exist 
> (technically, it is domains that did not verify, but people take that 
> as an existence check).  Contrast that with this:  0.65% forged 
> addresses from hotmail.com, and 0.41% forged addresses from 
> yahoo.com.  Meanwhile, my spam folder says that spamprobe has filtered 
> 5.26% of that mail just for me.
>
> So yeah... consider me a skeptic... even if it is not politically 
> correct.


Well, let's start with the simple idea that the Internet is not just web 
and email.

Second, let's continue with the idea that just because you don't see 
something, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Third, even if *no* bad effects result from wildcards in .com/.net, that 
doesn't give Verisign the right to unilaterally add them.  Yes, there is 
a political component to that, but understand that Verisign *will* 
ultimately regret it if they ignore that point.  Verisign is very neatly 
managing to align nearly all of the technical community against them.  
That's a really bad idea.

I'm serious...if I were in your shoes, I'd have resume's out...if 
Verisign doesn't get some clue infusion, and fast, there's going to be 
pain.  That's my prediction...I don't intend to do anything untoward, 
but I'm trying to open your eyes, and hopefully the eyes of those at 
Verisign.  This isn't just a few mal-contents not wanting someone to be 
successful.  This is virtually *ALL* of the major Internet operations 
incurring *significant* costs to work around Verisign's opportunism.

The costs incurred by Internet operators has already been 
significant...just for the weeks that the wildcards existed previously.  
I promise you, as for-profit companies, if they incur costs like this do 
to Verisign's actions, and its been amply demonstrated that they 
definitely will, that ultimately Verisign will regret the decision 
(assuming that the executives are intelligent enough to realize why 
their business suddenly took a turn for the worse).

Get out Andy, get out while you can.

--
Jeff McAdams
"He who laughs last, thinks slowest." -- anonymous

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