Re: Does anyone think it was a good thing ? (was Re: VeriSign Capitulates

[Haesu <haesu () towardex com>]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 04:23:29PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> OK, so was ANYONE on NANOG happy with
> a) Verisign's site finder

Unfair competition, more confusions, broke a lot of stuff, etc, etc , beneficial to nobody


> b) How they launched it

Here... let's change the way DNS works.. That's right, overnight.

-hc

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> Speak up on or off list.
>
>         ---Mike
>
> At 04:14 PM 03/10/2003, George Bakos wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:59:49 -1000 (HST)
> > Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:
> >
> > >    VeriSign also angered the close-knit group of engineers and scientists
> > >    who are familiar with the technology underpinning the Internet. They
> > >    say that Site Finder undermines the worldwide Domain Name System,
> > >    causing e-mail systems, spam-blocking technology and other 
> > applications
> > >    to malfunction.
> > >
> > >    VeriSign said the claims are overblown.
> > >
> > >    "There is no data to indicate the core operation of the domain name
> > >    system or the stability of the Internet has been adversely affected,"
> > >    VeriSign's Galvin said.
> > >
> > >
> > > watta bunch of goobers!
> >
> > Would those goobers be Versign, or the "close-knit group of engineers and
> > scientists"?
> >
> > g
> >
> > > scott