[wildcard-comments] VeriSign should be held responsible

[Michael Clay <mclay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The following is my own opinion, and not stated on the behalf of any 
particular business entity.


VeriSign should be held responsible for any and all damages resulting 
from their abuse of the DNS service.  Many corporations spent quite a 
bit of time tracking down software problems whose root lay at the DNS 
problems caused by VeriSign's wildcard service.

As a simple example, many SPAM filter programs test for invalid DNS to 
function properly as part of their diagnosis.  When the wildcard went 
into effect, this portion of the test failed, which allowed an increased 
number of SPAM emails to get through.  The result is decreased 
productivity, but also considerable time spent on trying to track down 
why the filtering product simply stopped working.

Verisign should be held responsible and pay financial damages resulting 
from this abuse.  In addition, their position as administrator of the 
.com and .net TLDs should be revoked, as they have proven unfit to 
properly respect the position and place the needs of the global Internet 
above their own petty desires for increased profit-share.

Regards,
Mike C