Re: This just in

[Rodney Thayer <rodney () canola-jones com>]

Ever since they were spawned from the loins of RSA's patent portfolio
Verisign has had a "someone died and made us god" business strategy.
So I don't think this sort of attitude is that surprising.

I hope the beer was good enough to merit walking away from a chance
to punch him ;-)

Gadi Evron wrote:
> sinan.eren () immunitysec com wrote:
>
> > And i hope this event concludes the retarded saga of advisories and 
> > tools ...
>
>
> Like I just wrote somewhere else...
>
> In a recent conference, an high-up Verisign Europe guy told us at a 
> round-table session, word by word: "We are Verisign, we control the 
> Internet".
>
> I wanted to jump over the table and punch him in the face, but for some 
> reason I didn't.
>
> Anyway, he was a very nice guy, so I later told him *exactly* what I 
> thought of his statement.
>
> He said he is simply quoting their CEO. He added that when you come to 
> think about it, it's true. They control .net, .com, see all transactions...
>
> At this stage I nearly kicked him (and I was in a suit), but he was a 
> really nice guy and beer took precedence.
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> I am not sure how I feel about all the OLD vs. NEW battle going on 
> regarding 'control" of the Internet, and Verisign making a move on the 
> business idefense was.. erm.. trying to be in, makes me wonder.
>
>     Gadi.
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