[wildcard-comments] Don't get dragged into the wrong argument

[William Young <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for giving us (the Internet community) a chance to comment on 
this topic.

First off, I am opposed to VeriSign using the DNS wildcard.  I doubt if 
much could be said to change that opinion.

The thought I would like to contribute to the discussion is this:  
VeriSign is being allowed to shift the argument away from what it should 
be (the accuracy of DNS lookups), to some vague discussion about 
services and progress on the Internet.

The DNS wildcard causes DNS servers worldwide to return an incorrect 
answer when making a query about a non-existant .com or .net name.  End 
of story.

The world uses DNS to map names to IP addresses, not for doing web 
searches.  That's all it was intended to do and that's all it should 
ever do.  Please don't let profiteers at VeriSign use their monopoly 
position to corrupt or hijack our Internet.  It belongs to everyone, not 
them.

If VeriSign wishes to start an advertising/websearch service, they can 
go right ahead.  Just make sure that DNS always provides me the correct 
answer when I use it to find an IP address.  That includes cases when 
the correct answer is "the address doesn't exist."

Best regards,

William Young