-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Oh boy, well first and foremost the root servers and database are owned by the public because they were paid for from the TAX-BASE..... Second and foremost the technology to redirect web pages and ips is not new or innovative, kiddies used to do it on IRC, to redirect to porn sites and get paid for every redirected hit, starting in the 1996,1997 time frame. Network solutions on more than one occasion caused an incredible stir when they adjusted pricing and had to role back the price, court ordered. I think some of you were here and remember that ruckus. In the public interest and the interest many businesses, Verisign should divest itself completely and just become another company doing business across the backbone. I see serious troubles ahead, imagine a client of a client who has lets say 3,000+ servers on-line and new list of clients is added and there is a typo and all 3,000 servers are redirected with 10's of thousands of clients, each with the potential to sue in both directions. Gentlemen and ladies this is simply not a well thought out idea, I don't care how many PR firms get involved they are simply there for the money, with no clue to the potential harm. I think the leadership here needs to formulate a public posture and present it's case and it's alternative solution that the NSP community can live with and rapidly adapt to as a working acceptable model. Henry R LInneweh Sr Design Systems Engineer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.2 - not licensed for commercial use: www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBP5RUdsiimYc7OT3DEQJ1TgCfftP4aRJDmOxXr5QB04a6nt9Z7ZYAoNdM 72ro5GzJw/dxSrlhMaC6iEMR =i8Ms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com> wrote: A number of people havce responded that they don't want to be forced to pay for a change that will benefit Verisign. That's a policy issue I'm trying to avoid here. I'm looking for pure technical answers -- how much lead time do you need to make such changes safely? --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb