ICANN action on Verisign hijacking

[Joseph S D Yao]

"Recognizing the concerns about the wildcard service, ICANN has called
upon VeriSign to voluntarily suspend the service until the various
reviews now underway are completed."

<URL: http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-19sep03.htm>

Verisign responds ...

<URL: http://www.icann.org/correspondence/lewis-to-twomey-21sep03.htm>

;-(  ;-(  ;-(

The ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee delivers a
preliminary report and asks for input.

<URL: http://www.icann.org/correspondence/secsac-to-board-22sep03.htm>

The IAB had earlier issued a similar report:

<URL: http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html>

[No, that's not the Indoor Athletic Building, that's the Internet
Architecture Board.]

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Joe Yao				jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
OSIS Center Systems Support					EMT-B
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