[wildcard-comments] Verisign DNS abuse

["Raymond H. Simard"<rhs.vspetition@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The consequences of this unilateral action by VeriSign to essentially every 
user, application and protocol which depneds on accurate DNS information is 
little short of extortion. VeriSign's lock on the TLDs it runs roots for has 
become license to bend the entire DNS tree it supports to its will. It is an 
affront to the technical, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the 
Internet and its historical foundation on open standards adhered to 
cooperatively by a community of autonomous entities. If VeriSign is not held 
answerable to the community, its privilege of operating the root servers it 
does must be revoked.

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

- Raymond H. Simard
Sylvan Glade Infosys
San Diego, CA