RE: [registrars] Verisign change to operation of the .com DNS lookup service

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ross,

Because the ICANN Board may be required to address this issue in the future,
I will not comment publicly at this time. Listed below are some of the
questions that I have identified as relevant in my personal analysis, and
which I believe it would be in the registrar constituency's best interest to
address:

(1) Does the use of wild-cards threaten the stability of the Internet, if so
how (specific examples not generalization)?
(2) Does the use of wild-cards adversely impact competition in the
marketplace, if so how?
(3) Can these stability/competition issues be addressed by best practice
standards that would still permit the use of a wild card service by a
registry operator?
(4) How is the use of wild-cards similar or different to the WLS service
previously proposed by VeriSign?
(5) What protocols does the use of wild-cards violate? Specifically, does
the use of Wild Cards violate RFC 1034, 1035, and 2182 as VeriSign is
required to comply with these RFCs in Appendix C of its Registry Agreement.
(6) If the use of wild-cards threaten the stability of the Internet why did
ICANN allow the incorporation of a wild card service into the .MUSEUM
registry contract?
(7) If the use of the wild-cards threaten the stability of the Internet, why
do several ccTLD operators currently utilize this feature?
(8) If the use of wild cards threaten the stability of the Internet, should
their prohibition be enforced across gTLD and ccTLD registries, if so how?

Best regards,

Michael D. Palage



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:12 AM
> To: Bruce Tonkin
> Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [registrars] Verisign change to operation of the .com DNS
> lookup service
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> On 9/16/2003 12:29 AM Bruce Tonkin noted that:
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> > It would be useful to have a registrar constituency position on this
> > topic.
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> Here's a motion for discussion
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> "The Registrar Constituency strongly recommends that the GNSO Council
> advocate that ICANN explicitly require gTLD Registry Operators to return
> an NXDOMAIN response for DNS records that do not exist and that in all
> cases, wild-card entries in gTLD zones should be strictly forbidden."
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> There are any number of reasons why this is desirable, I don't think I
> need to rehash those.
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