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Let private sector run the Net

Let private sector run the NetOh, yeah... Let private, unregulated company...Have the reigns of the internet in it's hands..."We'll only be doing things for the publics good..."Yeah, Right! Haven't we heard these things before from companies like "Enron", "Worldcom", and "Tyco?"Verisign wants the right to rob the public...

Tags: Domain names, SECURITY, NETWORKING, ICANN, VeriSign Inc., DNS, SiteFinder **IF**

Discussion threads 2003-10-17

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The Internet must not be proprietary

There is an important lesson which can be drawn as a string through a host of recent stories, from Comcast and Cox Cable throttling BitTorrent to Verizon doing the SiteFinder thing to  depredations concerning the iPhone and open spectrum. The Internet must not be proprietary. The...

Tags: Network, Spectrum, Internet, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-24

Why the GOS will fail

The GPC with GOS is really quite amazing. I remember feeling pretty frugal early this decade, when I bought a 733 MHz PC with a 40 Gigabyte hard drive for just $700. Here you've got something twice as fast, with twice the storage, for $200 retail. ...

Tags: Advertisement, Phone, Telephony, Network, Broadband, Fact, Cable, Telecom & Utilities, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-05

U.N. agency says it's ready to govern the Net

U.N. agency says it's ready to govern the NetSure forcefully take the Internet away from the U.S, Won't happen!Who made it and governs it. The United Nations isn't a government or higher than any government's law.The U.N need to prove they are competitent firstThe U.N. has proven over and over...

Tags: Domain names, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, U.N. Agency, DNS, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-09-30

ICANN approves wait list for desired domains

ICANN approves wait list for desired domainsGotta love Verisign...If they can't own the internet, then they'll wreck it out of corporate spite. ICANN may not be the greatest group to be handling the 'net, but compared to a greedy corporate pig like Verisign, I'd take stupid over evil any...

Tags: ICANN, VeriSign Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-03-10

If ICANN can't, who can?

If ICANN can't, who can?Can You SeeThat almost every aspect of computerdom is under assault via one lawsuit or another ,SCO,321 Studios,Micosoft,....and now Verisign. Makes you wonder exactly 'who is bouncing the ball here. Might be just as a dainty statement the FTC could just tell verisign to butt off....

Tags: VeriSign Inc., ICANN, Icahn, Internet

Discussion threads 2004-03-02

VeriSign sues ICANN to restore Site Finder

VeriSign sues ICANN to restore Site FinderIf Sitefinder goes back up then Verisign should be suedAnd why not? If I type in www.acmeanvels.com and I get redirected to Sitefinder, I'm liable to become confused and order my anvil from another manufacturer. Won't that tick off Acme Anvil Co.?If...

Tags: SECURITY, ICANN, VeriSign Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-02-26

It's time to can ICANN

It's time to can ICANNStandards are the real gate keeperThe fact is that Site Finder just jumped up and down and did some really horrible things to the Internet while it was running.1) Broke spam filters. Many spam filters use a check of the listed from domain as...

Tags: SECURITY, Sonia, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, SiteFinder, Internet

Discussion threads 2003-12-02

VeriSign sells off domain registrar

VeriSign sells off domain registrarVeriSign sells off domain registrarmust be a lot of money involved in those redirects to sell off it's domain registarRe-Reading the ContractMust be nice! Get a juicy contract so you have control over all the .com/.net/.org domains AND the entire DNS system for them, then...

Tags: VeriSign Inc., domain registrar, domain

Discussion threads 2003-10-16

VeriSign to revive redirect service

VeriSign to revive redirect service85 percent have a "preference" VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN, said a poll paid for by his company showed 84 percent of U.S. citizens surveyed...

Tags: SECURITY, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, Matt Larson

Discussion threads 2003-10-15