Stop Verisign DNS Abuse

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We internet users, who either own domain names or have an interest in the domain name system, wish to object to the Verisign Sitefinder system. We believe that the system:

1. breaks technical standards, by rewriting the expected error codes to instead point to Verisign's pay-per-click web directory, and threatens the security and stability of the Internet;

2. breaks technical standards affecting email services, and other internet systems;

3. is anti-competitive, providing Verisign with 20 million eyeballs per day for "free", while not paying for the domains they are resolving. All other market participants pay at least $6 per domain per year (wholesale);

4. violates trademark rights of domain holders, by typosquatting on their .com and .net domains; and

5. violates the authoritative nature of DNS, turning it instead into a "best guess" system filled with uncertainty, thereby destroying the coherence of the DNS for Verisign's own short-term profit.

We hereby demand that ICANN immediately:

a) insist that Verisign cease giving incorrect answers to any query in .com and .net, and should instead follow the IETF standards;

b) if Verisign refuses, should redelegate the .com and .net zones to registries that are more willing to follow the DNS standards;

c) for greater certainty for all gTLD registries, pass a resolution stating that "gTLD Registry operateors WILL return NXDOMAIN for ALL DNS queries for which there is not a REGISTERED domain name"; and

d) that Verisign be reprimanded for their monopolistic abuse of the DNS system, and return all audited gross revenues from their Sitefinder system to stakeholders, via a payment to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) of ICANN in the name of the Non-Commercial constituency

[Supporting documentation can be found at the sites below]

http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/
http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/0309/date.html
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0034210
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/
http://log.does-not-exist.org/
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/lynn-message-to-iab-06jan03.htm
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/iab-message-to-lynn-25jan03.htm
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg00336.html

14793 Signatures

  • Robert W
    • Comments
    • All Verisign domains should be added to the spam blacklists if this continues.
  • Franзois
    • Location
    • France
    • Company
    • www.confidentiel.net
  • Darryl (Dassa) L
    • Comments
    • The fact some registered domains are being caught up in this is of real concern.
    • Location
    • Australia
    • Company
    • DHS International Pty Ltd
  • Frederic S
    • Location
    • Liege, Belgium
    • Company
    • MIMS SA
  • Gregoire
  • Johan Holst N
    • Location
    • Denmark, Greve
  • Herman
    • Comments
    • DIE VERISIGN!!!
    • Location
    • Amsterdam, NL
  • Thomas P
    • Comments
    • Sys/Net Admin
    • Location
    • Dublin, IRELAND
  • Anders G
    • Location
    • Denmark
  • Dannemark C
    • Location
    • Belgium
  • Lee M
    • Comments
    • Verisign stop abusing your position!
    • Location
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Maurice S
    • Location
    • France
  • Raoul G
    • Comments
    • A cynical attempt to profit from control of root DNS servers, with no regard for network design issues
    • Location
    • United Kingdom
  • Fagyal C
    • Location
    • Budapest, Hungary
  • Matt B
    • Location
    • New Zealand
  • MINOZA
  • Christian Aldrin W
    • Location
    • Denmark
    • Company
    • AldrinIT
  • Hurtevent V
    • Location
    • France
  • David F
    • Comments
    • Marketing desires should not over-ride technical concerns
    • Location
    • New Zealand
    • Company
    • InternetNZ
  • Frank R
    • Location
    • Denmark
  • Dieter K
    • Location
    • 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Company
    • TWOO-SOFT
  • Peter F
  • Piet P
  • Joanna L
    • Location
    • New York, USA
  • Jesper M
  • Paul J
    • Location
    • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Company
    • WEBtic
  • Fabio
    • Comments
    • God Save The Net
    • Location
    • Milano
  • Fabio P
  • Mira B
    • Location
    • Netherlands
  • Christian M
    • Location
    • Denmark
    • Company
    • Lynx Media A/S
  • Mike V
  • Nick B
    • Comments
    • This is unacceptable
    • Location
    • UK
  • Pierre
  • David L
  • Nils
  • Bjorn D
    • Location
    • Iceand
    • Company
    • Snerpa ISP
  • Bernard V
    • Location
    • Netherlands
  • Andy C
    • Comments
    • totally stupid of verisign, very ignorant.
  • rob
  • konstantin m
  • James F
    • Comments
    • Please make it go away!
  • Gert-Jan van K
    • Location
    • Netherlands
  • Garault
    • Location
    • Paris
  • Vincent W
    • Location
    • Almelo (NL)
  • Arno B
  • Jason H
    • Company
    • http://www.movingagain.com.au
  • Daniele A
  • Dubout
    • Location
    • France
  • Dan B
  • Sir J