Fascinating interview with Verisign CEO

Fri Oct 17 11:07:46 UTC 2003

--On Friday, October 17, 2003 11:02 AM +0100 Andrew Bangs 
<andrewb at demon.net> wrote:

> Yes, but, part of what pissed off many folk was that someone was
> messing about with data near the top of the DNS tree which they
> thought were inviolable. Reconfiguring nameservers to ask for
> .COM and .NET details from somewhere else or to give RCODE 3
> when it wasn't what was received feels like joining the anarchy
> rather than being the right solution.

It's not so much joining the anarchy for myself as it's that I'd have to 
start screwing with and kludging good, working production level systems 
into something that looks like a mona lisa with gaffer  tape strapping it 
to the wall.  It takes time to get it done, and it's just going to fall 
down every time you turn around.  I hesitate to speak for anyone else on 
the list, but I'd be willing to bet that many of 'us' in the community 
don't have time for something like that having plates that are already much 
too full.  VeriSign though is forcing this to happen with a unilateral 
decision they have no political and legal right to make.

Just my, possibly valueless, opinion.

>
> Having said that, the right solution might be a while in coming.
> A 'just good enough' solution should suffice for now.
>
>
> --
> Andrew Bangs   andrewb at demon.net

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