[wildcard-comments] Verisign DNS abuse

[Richard Laager<rlaager@xxxxxxxxxx>]

VeriSign's manipulation of the DNS architechture is an act of war against the 
entire Internet community. It undermines the whole community process. If GTLD 
operators are allowed to make arbitrary decisions about how to implement DNS, 
it's going to cause massive incompatibilities. This particular one is awful in 
that it breaks the ability of software applications to know if a domain is 
non-existent. Why should ISP technicians such as myself have to recode 
applications to deal with this unexpected mess?  Also, since this is for the 
private financial gain of VeriSign at the expense of other businesses, it's 
infinitely worse.

I have signed and I agree with the petition at http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/

- Richard Laager
Wikstrom Telecom Internet
Minnesota, USA