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ICANN Asks VeriSign To Stop DNS Wildcarding

Posted by timothy on from the public-trust-and-all-that dept.

MrClever writes "In this article over at the Sydney Morning Herald (AU), it looks as though ICANN may actually be doing something about the VeriSign changes to .com and .net TLD's. Apparently, while they have been noticably quiet, they have been reviewing community reaction and analysed data from a technical perspective. Here's hoping ICANN pull the plug on VeriSign's TLD administration rights!" And TALlama writes "RSS.com.com (dear $DIETY, will it ever stop?) is reporting that ICANN has asked VeriSign 'to voluntarily suspend the service' of wildcarding DNS, 'pending further study.' Calling it a 'service' is a little bit of a misnomer. If I punch people in the face, can I call that a service, too?"

11 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. deja vu by datan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    didn't we have this thread already? ah well, a deja vu is a glitch in the matrix

    1. Re:deja vu by azzy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What's been changed?

      Perhaps /.ers will start reading articles... maybe the trolls have all gone...

    2. Re:deja vu by RevSmiley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Timothy poseted it instead that what. Otherwise absolutely nothing has changed at all it's the story from the other day and it is a dupe but you knew that.

      Thank for the drinks :)

      --
      As you can see I don't care about my karma.
  2. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    owned!!

  3. FP!!!!11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fifth post gay niggers unite

  4. Service? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If I punch people in the face, can I call that a service, too?

    Only in Soviet Russia

    1. Re:Service? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, SERVICE punches YOU!!

  5. Slashdot losing its edge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has anybody else noticed the quality of stories posted on Slashdot going into decline in recent months?

    1. Re:Slashdot losing its edge? by rylin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You must be new here.
      At /., we take pride in pointing out spelling mistakes ;)

      </Flamebait>

  6. attention whore mod parent down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ooh look at me, i'm an attention whore.

    tell me attention whore, what does SCO stand for?

  7. ONE MILLION! by TheTomcat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Marzipan!

    YOU ARE THE OFFICIAL WINNER OF _ONE_MILLION_ ... (punches-in-the-face).

    THAT'S RIGHT! Come outside right now to colled your ONE MILLION (punches-in-the-face). I'm hiding in the bushes.. I mean.. uh..

    (-: