[wildcard-comments] RFC 791 and Verisign

[<Jeremy_Powell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"In general, an implementation must be conservative
  in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior."

RFC 791, Jon Postel

        This is more than a statement of how the IP protocol should be 
implemented.  It is a fundament of the cooperative philosophy that
allows the Internet to function.

        Verisign as authority for the COM and NET TLDs has a unique 
position that requires extremely conservative sending behavior in their
implementation.  Verisign has demonstrated that it can no longer
be trusted to be conservative.  We should find several independent 
organizations that can.

Jeremy Powell
Assistant Manager of Technical Services
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools


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