News coverage, Verisign etc.

Thu Oct 9 00:59:54 UTC 2003

I would call it dishonest.  An analogy might be the curator for the Louvre
walking right up to the Mona Lisa in broad daylight, taking it, selling it
for personal gain, then, when questioned by incredulous onlookers, calmly
stating that it is his property to sell.

Bold, yes, honest?

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

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> >In these days of corporate malfeasance scandal coverage, you'd think that
> >Verisign's tactics would have whetted the appetite of some bright
> >investigative reporter for one of the major publications.
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> For all that I'm critical of wildcards in TLDs -- I spoke at the
> meeting yesterday, and my slides are on my Web page -- I don't think
> there are any issues of malfeasance.  No one has been looting
> Verisign's coffers, they're not cooking the books, etc.  I see three
> issues:  is this technically wise, did Verisign have the right to do
> this under their current contract with ICANN, and should they have such
> a right.  I don't see anything resembling dishonesty.
>
> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
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