Re: Verisign abusing .COM/.NET monopoly

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From: Michael Sinatra (michael_at_rancid.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 10:36:19 PDT


On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Greg Small wrote:

> Ross,
>
> Can you give an example of a non-existent host or domain that "responds"
> so that I can test this?

How about sdkjfahesruyitfsndjbf.com?

> host sdkjfahesruyitfsndjbf.com
sdkjfahesruyitfsndjbf.com has address 64.94.110.11
> telnet !$ 25
telnet sdkjfahesruyitfsndjbf.com 25
Trying 64.94.110.11...
Connected to sdkjfahesruyitfsndjbf.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 snubby3-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 ready
quit
221 snubby3-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 closing transmission
channel
221 snubby3-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 closing transmission
channel
Connection closed by foreign host.

> The link you gave goes on and on about anti-competitive practices but is a
> little short on comparison of practices of other companies that would be
> necessary to single out VeriSign as an "evil empire".

The outright violation of DNS protocols is enough for me.

> The wait list and the delay before making an existing domain name available
> seems more reasonable than whoever just happens to get there first. Presumably
> one could register for a new domain and also sign up for the waiting list for
> than same domain as a way of protecting against accidental loss of your
> domain due to paper work foul ups. Also the fee deters bounty hunters who
> only want the domain to resell it or to disadvantage someone.

I don't think this is the part that Ross was directly referring to--see
"Example 3."

michael

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