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Message-ID: <1065211650.506.30.camel@localhost>
From: frank at knobbe.us (Frank Knobbe)
Subject: Has Verisign time arrived ?

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:56, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> Looks like ICANN has decided it was time to pick a fight, and
> now Verisign has 36 hours to turn sitefinder off or be sued.
> 
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm

By the time this arrives, others will probably have posted the same.
Knowing that I might clog up the list with me-too's, I believe it's
important enough to share over and over again. Here it is, straight from
NANOG...

-----Forwarded Message----- 
From: Tim Wilde <twilde@...dns.org>
To: nanog@...it.edu
Subject: VeriSign Capitulates
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:44:26 -0400


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40241-2003Oct3.html

And they act like they're the victims.  Amazing.

"Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down
the Site Finder service," said VeriSign spokesman Tom Galvin. "We will
accede to their request while we explore all of our options."

How about a public outcry?  Did you miss that part?  You don't deserve a
hearing.

Of course, they haven't removed the wildcard yet:

dig is-it-gone-yet.com. @a.gtld-servers.net. +short
64.94.110.11
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