Verisign is selling Netsol [was Re: more on VeriSign to revive redirect service]

Thu Oct 16 14:46:04 UTC 2003

At 3:18 PM +0100 10/16/03, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:
>  >Just out of curiousity, I wonder how many domain registrations those of
>us
>>on nanog represent?  Contract sanctions from ICANN are one thing, taking
>>all of our business elsewhere might also be effective at getting a point
>>across (though it might also backfire - pushing Verisign to be even more
>>agressive at taking advantage of their positioning).
>
>There are alternative suppliers for registering domain names and
>SSL certs. Look here http://referrals.tucows.com/
>for registrars that are alternatives to Verisign for .com and .net.

This point just became moot.
Versign is selling the registry business.  Network Solutions is being 
spun off.  They retain the back end DNS.

http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031016.html?sl=070805
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