[wildcard-comments] Verisign's miscarriage of public trust
Verisign, Inc.'s implementation of wildcards at the TLD level raises serious questions about that company's fitness to hold the authority for any high-level DNS name delegation. In their messages to customers regarding the pending submission of Versign to the directive by ICANN, they claim that "VeriSign remains committed to improving the Internet user experience". The most serious question is not one about motive or intention; even *if* the guilty parties at Verisign had altruitic motives, how do persons with such a lack of understanding of the role of DNS in the Internet get high-level access to the .net and .com root servers? There should have been someone at Verisign with enough knowledge and authority to stop such a damaging policy from being implemented. At some point in time, management at Verisign failed, and whomever should have been responsible needs to be removed from the picture immediately. It's ironic that a company whose motto is "The Value of Trust", proves worthy of none at all. Alan Whinery |