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From: Neal McBurnett <neal@bcn.boulder.co.us>
To: Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>, gpineiro@derecho.org.ar,
 Eung Hwi Chun <ehchun@peacenet.or.kr>,
 Thierry Amoussougbo <amsiat@gh10.sdnpben.org.bj>,
 Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>
Subject: Outrage at verisign/network solutions over wildcards

Hi, NCUC folks.  I (and the Boulder Community Network - BCN) was
active when NCDNHC was originally formed, but somehow managed
to fall out of membership, it appears.  We'll get that straightened
out soon.

In the meantime, I just looked at the NCUC discussion list archives, and
don't see any discussion of what I see as a huge current issue: the
lastest abuse by Verisign (Network Solutions): using their control
over the .com and .net registries to advertise their registrar
by establishing a wild-card record for *.com and *.net.

I think NCUC should take an immediate stand against this as has
the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC).

I've collected (in a rather unpolished way so far...) many of
the issues at
    http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/ietf/verisign-abuse.html

Please lend your insight into the ICANN legalities and politics
to this discussion.

Thank you,

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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