ICANN/Registry Agreement:
Doesn't sitefinder give one registry superior access to the registry's resources than the others, etc, etc? --- http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-apph-16apr01.htm VeriSign Equivalent Access Certification VeriSign, as Registry Operator ("VGRS"), makes the following certification: 1. All registrars (including any registrar affiliated with VGRS) connect to the Shared Registration System Gateway via the Internet by utilizing the same maximum number of IP addresses and SSL certificate authentication. 2. VGRS has made the current version of the registrar toolkit software accessible to all registrars and has made any updates available to all registrars on the same schedule. 3. All registrars have the same level of access to VGRS customer support personnel via telephone, e-mail and the VGRS website. 4. All registrars have the same level of access to the VGRS registry resources to resolve registry/registrar or registrar/registrar disputes and technical and/or administrative customer service issues. 5. All registrars have the same level of access to VGRS-generated data to reconcile their registration activities from VGRS Web and ftp servers. 6. All registrars may perform basic automated registrar account management functions using the same registrar tool made available to all registrars by VGRS. 7. The Shared Registration System does not include any algorithms or protocols that differentiate among registrars with respect to functionality, including database access, system priorities and overall performance. 8. All VGRS-assigned personnel have been directed not to give preferential treatment to any particular registrar. 9. I have taken reasonable steps to verify that the foregoing representations are being complied with. This Certification is dated this the __ day of __________, _____.
On Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:21 PM [EST], Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net> wrote:
Doesn't sitefinder give one registry superior access to the registry's resources than the others, etc, etc?
It gives Verisign/NetSol the ability to generate exclusive profit from the hijacking of every non-existant domain name in existance. No other registar could do something like this without paying for every last domain they take, or could they ever do anything like this due to the fact that Verisign/NetSol controls ALL of the TLD servers for .com and .net. -- Brian Brunsk The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.sosdg.org The Abusive Hosts Blocking List http://www.ahbl.org
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It gives Verisign/NetSol the ability to generate exclusive profit from the hijacking of every non-existant domain name in existance. No other registar could do something like this without paying for every last domain they take, or could they ever do anything like this due to the fact that Verisign/NetSol controls ALL of the TLD servers for .com and .net.
..."hijacking of every non-existent domain name in existence." ..."non-existent ... in existence." Several people have said things like that in recent times. Including me, I'll bet. What exactly does it mean? (Yes, I know. We are talking about the fact that strings submitted for lookup that have not been registered as names would not be cause an error to be returned. And that is clearly a lot more words, if not a clearer description of the problem. We need a wordsmith to give us a short string that can be converted into a useful TLA.)
--- "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net> wrote:
..."hijacking of every non-existent domain name in existence."
..."non-existent ... in existence."
Several people have said things like that in recent times. Including me, I'll bet.
What exactly does it mean?
(Yes, I know. We are talking about the fact that strings submitted for lookup that have not been registered as names would not be cause an error to be returned. And that is clearly a lot more words, if not a clearer description of the problem. We need a wordsmith to give us a short string that can be converted into a useful TLA.)
How about this: "Sitefinder gives Verisign revenue from every non-existent, well-formed domain name." -David Barak -Fully RFC 1925 Compliant- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
On Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:21 PM [EST], Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net> wrote:
Doesn't sitefinder give one registry superior access to the registry's resources than the others, etc, etc?
Rather then clutter up NANOG with this stuff, since its apparent that we will be having more issues about SiteFinder, I've gone ahead and setup a discussion list on my server for general talk about SiteFinder. Its unmoderated, everyone is welcome to signup and post your views. http://wwwapps.2mbit.com/mailman/listinfo/sitefinder-discuss -- Brian Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.sosdg.org The Abusive Hosts Blocking List http://www.ahbl.org
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Brian Bruns
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David Barak
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Deepak Jain
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Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.