Re: WATPA: Verisign breaks .com / .net

  http://gilbert.forms.soceco.org/14121/19/d8a0ae7ee904/60710

I am enclosing (above) a link to request information at the Gilbert Center,
which helps with IT consulting, if anyone would like to pursue.

Jeanne

Jeanne Betsock Stillman
Strategies for Development, Inc.
"Helping organizations meet their development goals"
166 Edgars Lane
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
914-478-3450
jbs@stratdev.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
To: <watpa@westnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 12:42 PM
Subject: RE: WATPA: Verisign breaks .com / .net

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Norm Jacknis wrote:
>
> > We can start by filing a complaint at ICANN --
> > http://reports.internic.net/cgi/registrars/problem-report.cgi
>
> So far that's the best place I've found.
>
> If anyone isn't sure why this is a bad thing, here are two more reasons:
>
> - Browsers already have functions to redirect requests to nonexistant
pages
> to a user configurable site. By doing this they bypass consumer choice.
>
> - Their mail server is in a position to accept a huge amount of
misdirected
> mail. This gives them access to not only the mail content, but simple a
> large list of possible e-mail address, if they collect the From: address
of
> every misdirected mail.
>
> I would certainly encourage anyone who thinks this is a bad idea to post
a
> conplaint at the form above.
>
>
> ==========================================================
> Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
> WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
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>
Received on Tue Sep 16 13:59:59 2003