NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois

Wed Sep 2 23:05:36 UTC 1998

On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:31:10PM -0400, Bill Becker wrote:

> > I guess I would tend to disagree. The whois database is there so that the
> > Internet users - be they marketing types or technical types - can obtain
> 
> Whatever it's purpose, let's not lose sight of the fact that NSI is using
> their database to market Verisign certs via UCE.

Um.

Other than the Verisign promotion I see on the *web page* at the end
of a new domain registration, I've never had ANY communication whatsoever
from them about Verisign certificates.

You'd best believe that if I did, I'd be in Virginia the next day,
looking for an NSI executive who needed a couple shoe-prints on his butt. :)

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