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PFIR Statement on VeriSign/NSI "Site Finder" and Domain Abuse
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:11:41 -0400
PFIR Statement on VeriSign/NSI "Site Finder" and Domain Abuse September 16, 2003 http://www.pfir.org/statements/vs-domain-abuse PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org [ To subscribe or unsubscribe to/from this list, please send the command "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" respectively (without the quotes) in the body of an e-mail to "pfir-request () pfir org". ] VeriSign/Network Solutions' recent actions to effectively "hijack" all unused domain names in the ".COM" and ".NET" TLDs (Top Level Domains) for their "Site Finder" service, unilaterally and without prior warning or consultation with the Internet technical or policy communities, represents an arrogant and dangerous abuse of their vested, dominant, special position, and have vast policy, legal, and technical implications. These actions demonstrate a profound failure of judgment and management on the part of VeriSign/NSI. We call on VeriSign/NSI to immediately disable their DNS changes related to their Site Finder service, and further suggest that if VeriSign/NSI is unwilling to terminate the service voluntarily that they should be ordered to do so immediately by the appropriate authorities. We further believe that VeriSign/NSI's deployment of their Site Finder service represents gross and dangerous negligence relating to their stewardship of the Internet infrastructure, and that VeriSign/NSI has now clearly demonstrated their utter unsuitability for a continuing role relating to Internet domain/DNS operations or related services in any manner. - - - Lauren Weinstein lauren () pfir org or lauren () vortex com or lauren () privacyforum org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, Fact Squad - http://www.factsquad.org Co-Founder, URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis - http://www.uriica.org Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy http://www.pfir.org/lauren Peter G. Neumann neumann () pfir org or neumann () csl sri com or neumann () risks org Tel: +1 (650) 859-2375 Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, Fact Squad - http://www.factsquad.org Co-Founder, URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis - http://www.uriica.org Moderator, RISKS Forum - http://risks.org Chairman, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy http://www.csl.sri.com/neumann David J. Farber dave () farber net Tel: +1 (412) 726-9889 Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Member of the Board of Trustees EFF - http://www.eff.org Member of the Advisory Board -- EPIC - http://www.epic.org Member of the Advisory Board -- CDT - http://www.cdt.org Member of Board of Directors -- PFIR - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis - http://www.uriica.org Member of the Executive Committee USACM http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber (Affiliations shown for identification only.)
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