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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ICANN and Verisign settle over SiteFinder
>I don't understand what VeriSign receives in return for their kowtow >(under the agreement, they basically waive any right to criticize >ICANN's role). As someone else noted, a perpetual cash cow in .COM with 7%/year escalator clause. > * ICANN signalled a positive outcome of a future Sitefinder review > under the new process. Nope, there's this complex process with outside experts to review any new proposed sitefinder like thing. > * ICANN promised to grant VeriSign the DNSSEC root and .ARPA > maintenance without tender (the "Root Server Management Transition > Agreement" goes into that direction; actually, the .ARPA stuff is > the interesting one). My reading is the opposite, ICANN will create the root zone now. > * VeriSign has recognized that they couldn't win in court, and > suddenly want to play nice. Quite possibly and don't be silly. More concretely, they probably decided they were unlikely to win more than this agreement gives them. R's, John
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