[wildcard-comments] verisign has shown their true intentions

["Skip Hans Stellhorn" <skip.stellhorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In their shortsightedness they have failed to realize that the
internet is made up
of more than just HTTP, and have hijacked the .com and .net namespace
for
their own short term profit. Completely unacceptable. Revoke their
charter.

- Skip Hans Stellhorn
- http://www.fif3.com/howto/archives/001985.html


Also, I have signed an agree with the petition at
http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/ which I have quoted below for your
enjoyment:

We internet users, who either own domain names or have an interest in
the domain name system, wish to object to the Verisign Sitefinder
system. We believe that the system:

1. breaks technical standards, by rewriting the expected error codes
to instead point to Verisign's pay-per-click web directory, and
threatens the security and stability of the Internet;

2. breaks technical standards affecting email services, and other
internet systems;

3. is anti-competitive, providing Verisign with 20 million eyeballs
per day for "free", while not paying for the domains they are
resolving. All other market participants pay at least $6 per domain
per year (wholesale);

4. violates trademark rights of domain holders, by typosquatting on
their .com and .net domains; and

5. violates the authoritative nature of DNS, turning it instead into a
"best guess" system filled with uncertainty, thereby destroying the
coherence of the DNS for Verisign's own short-term profit.

We hereby demand that ICANN immediately:

a) insist that Verisign cease giving incorrect answers to any query in
.com and .net, and should instead follow the IETF standards;

b) if Verisign refuses, should redelegate the .com and .net zones to
registries that are more willing to follow the DNS standards;

c) for greater certainty for all gTLD registries, pass a resolution
stating that "gTLD Registry operators WILL return NXDOMAIN for ALL DNS
queries for which there is not a REGISTERED domain name"; and

d) that Verisign be reprimanded for their monopolistic abuse of the
DNS system, and return all audited gross revenues from their
Sitefinder system to stakeholders, via a payment to the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO) of ICANN in the name of the
Non-Commercial constituency.