Right.... I'm glad to see we're in agreement... Where did you get the idea that I was suggesting that Verisign "owns" the Internet?!?!
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:04:06PM -0400, Burt Juda is rumored to have said: > > Verisign doesn't "own" the network ... they are in a FIDUCIARY role, > enTRUSTed to carry out a role by that pulicly accepted standard. Their > action simply *breaks* that public trust. > > - Burt > > > Steve Thomas wrote: > > >On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 08:31:55PM -0700, Matt Beland is rumored to have said: > > > > > >>I stopped laughing, it occurred to me that hypocritical or no, that could > >>mean trouble for ISC if VeriSign chose to push the issue. > >> > >> > > > >What kind of trouble? Certainly not legal trouble. There's nothing that says that a > >publicly accepted standard has to be followed - Microsoft would be in a world of > >legal trouble if there was. Verisign themselves are breaking a a whole slew of > >standards with this move. > > > >ISC can develop their software however they like. If a network admin doesn't agree > >with what they're doing, they're welcome to use any competing product. Neither > >Verisign nor anyone else has the authority to mandate how an admin runs their > >network. They own the network and can determine what traffic is or isn't allowed. > > > ></IANAL> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk -- "I criticize by creation - not by finding fault." - Cicero (106-43 B.C.) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
