data request on Sitefinder

Tue Oct 21 02:46:42 UTC 2003

todd glassey wrote:
> Richard -
> Do they (Verisign)  have any legal reason to??? - is there anything between
> them and ANY of their clients that requires them to inform them before any
> changes to protocol facilities are made - I think not.
> 

To inform? Not yet, although I have the feeling that this will be 
changed due to historic record. However, changes that have an effect are 
always analyzed and a course of action chosen. I believe this is the job 
of ICANN. At some point, ICANN's power will need to be tested and set in 
stone. Only the community can create or strip that power. Yet if an 
organization is going to exist to serve the community and maintain 
order, then it needs the power to do it.

I think Vixie has alluded to this a few times, and I know there is much 
that goes on in the hallways concerning the overall problem of who 
controls what. Verisign is just helping to push the process along. I 
doubt it will end as they want it to.

-Jack