Does anyone think it was a good thing ? (was Re: VeriSign Capitulates

Fri Oct 3 20:53:38 UTC 2003

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 04:23:29PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> 
> OK, so was ANYONE on NANOG happy with
> a) Verisign's site finder

Unfair competition, more confusions, broke a lot of stuff, etc, etc , beneficial to nobody

> b) How they launched it

Here... let's change the way DNS works.. That's right, overnight.

-hc

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> 
> Speak up on or off list.
> 
>         ---Mike
> 
> At 04:14 PM 03/10/2003, George Bakos wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:59:49 -1000 (HST)
> >Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:
> >
> >>    VeriSign also angered the close-knit group of engineers and scientists
> >>    who are familiar with the technology underpinning the Internet. They
> >>    say that Site Finder undermines the worldwide Domain Name System,
> >>    causing e-mail systems, spam-blocking technology and other 
> >applications
> >>    to malfunction.
> >>
> >>    VeriSign said the claims are overblown.
> >>
> >>    "There is no data to indicate the core operation of the domain name
> >>    system or the stability of the Internet has been adversely affected,"
> >>    VeriSign's Galvin said.
> >>
> >>
> >> watta bunch of goobers!
> >
> >Would those goobers be Versign, or the "close-knit group of engineers and
> >scientists"?
> >
> >g
> >
> >> scott
> >>