On NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>, Dan Hollis <goe...@sasami.anime.net> wrote:
>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/07/icann_verisign_fees/ Operator of the dot-com registry, Verisign, has decided to pay DNS overseer ICANN $4m a year for the next five years in order to “educate the wider ICANN community about security threats.” >98% of the comments were opposed. >How many / which companies would have to get onboard in order to get >enough support for an icann alternative? >Is such a thing even feasible? Forget about being opposed or not. If ICANN wants to buy education about security threats why are they receiving money? Quite obviously something fishy is going on (or El Reg is full'o'shit). I'd like a Phd in Physics. Please give me $2million for each of the next five years for the privilege of lecturing me. -- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
