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They claim to be representing the "USER" community and to know better than we what they end users want. They think we're just a bunch of geek engineers that are unwilling to embrace new ideas. Most of all, they think they can make money this way, and, they don't really care about anything else. They're just trying to manipulate things so that the backlash doesn't cause them too much difficulty as they inflict this on the internet. Owen --On Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:04 AM -0700 Dan Lockwood <[email protected]> wrote: Recognizing that I am not an 'expert', I have got to ask just one question. Can these people at Verisign really think that they know better than all of the real experts that have worked with/on the DNS over the years. It seems rather silly to assume that a few people have more knowledge than the collective community. Furthermore, I feel that Ray makes an excellent point in that the concensus seems to be that we, as the Internet community, do _NOT_ want this type of tinkering with something that works very well; especially since the purpose is to increase advertising revenue. Verisign is clearly acting against the concensus. What effective action can we take as a collective group to get the point across that we will not tollerate this type of behavior? Dan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Bellis Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:08 To: nanog list Subject: Site Finder Quoting Rusty Lewis from http://verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031007b.html?sl=070804 "We will continue to take feedback from both Internet users and the technical community on how we can ensure that the service is available for the many Internet users who clearly like it." Well that's very simple Rusty - stop screwing around with *our* DNS and write a plugin for IE to catch NXDOMAIN, just like the Google toolbar does. That'll allow 90% of the browsing population a *choice*, something the wildcard clearly does not. Ray -- Ray Bellis, MA(Oxon) - Technical Director community internet plc - ts.com Ltd Windsor House, 12 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2PJ tel: +44 1865 856000 email: [email protected] fax: +44 1865 856001 web: http://www.community.net.uk/
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