ICANN Asks VeriSign To Stop DNS Wildcarding

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 21, 2003 @09:44PM 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?"

2 of 221 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

It is service! by fluch · 2003-09-21 21:54 · Score: 0, Redundant

If I punch people in the face, can I call that a service, too?

If the people you are punching are the one responsible at VeriSign for the SiteFinder "service", I would call it service for sure.
Re:VerySued.Com by NicenessHimself · 2003-09-21 22:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

VerySign have already brought that domain-name! verysued.com resolves to VeriSign's own servers (64.94.110.11)