Re: VeriSign freezes SiteFinder

[Michael Dean]

let me see -- how much does a .ca through CIRA cost?  is it still $17.  
And a .ph is still $35.  So much for your terrific non-profit 
companies.  "Should" is an awful word -- you should take Econ101.  You 
should sell your domains for your cost.  Competition is a wonderful 
thing.  The problem with VeriSign is they never competed -- it was all 
handed to them, almost like -- yes -- a non-profit.  Which in reality, 
is what they will turn into, via their inability to compete.

Travis Reeder wrote:

Are you communist?

It should be taken over by a non-profit organization like the CIRA in 
Canada.  Revenue made should be to just cover the cost of running and 
maintaining the service efficiently.

Travis

Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:

Jeremy Kinsey wrote:

RBAK wrote:

I run DNS servers.  I haven't seen any adverse effect.  What 
adverse effect
should I be seeing?

http://www.eff.org/Infra/DNS_control/20030919_verisign_gone_wild.php




Nothing quoted there has any adverse impact on me or anyone I serve 
from a technical perspective in the process of operating a DNS server.

Mail will get 550 responses from their SMTP bouncer.
Yes, spam checks will fail, but that has nothing to do with 
interfering with DNS.

I find the arguments about intelligent search belonging in the client 
to be flimsy at best -- for myself, it's downright incorrect, as I'd 
much rather have server-side search than depend on the variation in 
clients.

I don't disagree with the political issue on its face -- well, in 
fact I do, as I'd prefer to see registration as a tax-supported 
government monopoly with competition removed from the mix, but that's 
not the point here.