From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 16 9: 9:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C996937B401 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:09:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.dreksys.com (home.dreksys.com [64.95.143.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7803843E75 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:09:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@home.dreksys.com) Received: (from dave@localhost) by home.dreksys.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id JAA06731; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:17:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Rossow To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Verisign dns trick In-Reply-To: <3DAD8FD1.3989F2AB@corserv.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Kevin Lyons wrote: > I find it ironic that Verisign tries to be a "trust" broker when they > themselves are resorting to underhanded tactics. If they keep this > up, I suspect everyone will be using people like godaddy.com. > > The only justification for such action seems to be the fine print > disclaimer which says "If you have services connected to this domain > from another company, those services may no longer be available. By > continuing, you will be able to add services from Verisign, such as > Personalized Email and Web sites". - no kidding! My frustration with Verisign has finally surpassed the sum of my loyalty and my lethargy, any suggestions for a better registrar? Dave dave@dreksys.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message