VeriSign Responds To ICANN's SiteFinder Advisory

dmehus writes "VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services division has written to ICANN President and CEO Paul Twomey regarding the recent advisory concerning VeriSign's DNS wildcard redirection service. In the letter, VeriSign's Rusty Lewis says that they are open to independent and objective technical concerns expressed by various Internet bodies; they have formed their own "independent" panel of industry leading experts to produce its own, separate report; and they will not voluntarily suspend SiteFinder. It's a very terse response, and frankly, I'd have expected more from them. Slashdot readers are encouraged to visit ICANNWatch for in-depth, expert discussion on this and other issues."

Comments

Gimme a break

[The Old Burke]

Why do you seek to portray Verisign as such a sleazy company?

AFAIK they have allways delivered a decent service at decent price to their customers. Compared to normal bussiness practise they are just very ethical in their behavior. As a long time customer I must say that they are nice to deal with compared to many of those unethical companies that you find on the internet that just want to scam you.

What is it with their offer to route misspelled domain names that you hate so much?
Give them some credit; they are only trying to make a buck and survive as a company.

Re:Gimme a break

[You're All Wrong]

"AFAIK they have allways delivered a decent service at decent price to their customers."

Absolute bullshit. Unless you think that being several times more expensive than anyone else is a decent price. In which case, I have a lovely bridge to sell you.

Oh, and yes, the overall impression from this camp, and I know many others, over the last few years is that verisign is to sleaze what farts are to smell.

YAW.