Forwarded with Vittorio Bertola's permission. I received a similar response from Izumi Aizu. Gene Gaines gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com Sterling, Virginia USA This is a forwarded message From: Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org> To: Gene Gaines <gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 9:17:46 AM Subject: Verisign attempt to "take" all unpaid addresses =================Original message text=============== Hello, we've been working on this since the first rumours started to come up, see http://forum.icann.org/mail-archive/alac/msg00385.html and following thread. We will release a statement shortly. Thanks for your support :-) Regards, On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:48:26 -0400, you wrote: >To: >ICANN Interim At-Large Advisory Committee: > > Erick Iriarte Ahon, Peru, Computer Law Specialist, faia@amauta.rcp.net.pe > Izumi Aizu, Asia Network Research Researcher, izumi@anr.org > Vittorio Bertola, Italy, Technical manager, vb@bertola.eu.org > Pierre Dandjinou. BENIN, ICT Policy Advisor, SURF/UNDP Dandjinou.Pierre@undp.org > Esther Dyson, USA, publisher/writer/IT investor/small business owner, edyson@edventure.com > Clement Dzidonu. GHANA, Dept Computer Science, Valley View Univ., dzidonu@ghana.com > Xue Hong. Prof., Faculty of Law, U. Hong Kong, Prof., Foreign Affairs Coll., rainbow@cnnic.net.cn > >I have a request of you, and I politely request individual answers >from each of you. > >There are many many emails denouncing the new move by VeriSign >to hijack all unregistered addresses in the spaces they manage. > >All unregistered domains in .com and .net now resolve to >64.94.110.11, a Verisign-operated web search engine on port 80 >which reports advertiser-paid results. > >If ICANN will not move immediately and aggressively here, >then it is a clear sign that organization is of no value, >and is in fact what ICANN is what Karl Auerbach has long >suspected the organization to be. > >I ask that you immediately and publicly denounce this move >by VeriSign. > >I ask that you issue statements both as an individual and as >a member of ICANN. If you do not issue such statements, I >intend publicize widely your failure to do so. > >It is time for you to take a stand. Either you support the >Internet as it exists today, are you elect to be part of >the interests that are moving to destroy it. > >I would like to know. > >Gene Gaines >gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com >Sterling, Virginia USA >+1 703-433-2081 > > >On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 6:02:59 AM, Zefram wrote: > >>>>Today VeriSign is adding a wildcard A record to the .com and .net >>>>zones. > >> This is, as already noted, very dangerous. We in the IETF must work to >> put a stop to this attempt to turn the DNS into a directory service, >> and quickly. I suggest the following courses of action, to be taken >> in parallel and immediately: > >> 0. Urgently publish an RFC ("Wildcards in GTLDs Considered Harmful", or >> "DNS Is Not A Directory") to provide a clear statement of the problem >> and to unambiguously prohibit the practice. > >> 1. Via ICANN, instruct Verisign to remove the wildcard. > >> 2. Some of us with sufficiently studly facilities should mirror the COM >> and NET zones, filtering out the wildcards. Then the root zone can >> be modified to point at these filtered COM and NET nameservers. > >> 3. Instruct ICANN to seek another organisation to permanently take over >> COM and NET registry services, in the event that Verisign do not >> comply with instructions to remove the wildcard. > >> I believe that the direct action I suggest in point 2 is necessary, >> because we have previously seen the failure of the proper channels in >> this matter, when Verisign added a wildcard for non-ASCII domain names. >> Verisign have shown a disregard for the technical requirements of their >> job, as well as displaying gross technical incompetence (particularly >> in the wildcard SMTP server). I believe Verisign have forfeit any moral >> right to a grace period in which to rectify the situation. > >> -zefram -- vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<------ --------> http://bertola.eu.org/ - Archivio FAQ e molto altro... <-------- ==============End of original message text=========== -- Gene gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com