[ga] RE: Questions from OPENSRS RSPs Group regarding the WLS proposal

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com>]

An HTML version will be posted next week.

Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Kirikos [mailto:gkirikos@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:20 PM
> To: Gomes, Chuck
> Cc: ga@dnso.org; discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: RE: Questions from OPENSRS RSPs Group regarding the WLS
> proposal
> 
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> --- "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> wrote:
> > Thanks George.
> 
> I forgot to ask earlier, is there an ASCII text or HTML version of the
> document that can be posted? It's hard (impossible?) to cut/paste from
> the PDFs.
> 
> By the way, I believe the phase-in procedure with regards to the odd
> position of names that already have SnapBacks on them is going to ripe
> for abuse, so Verisign might want to rethink that. In particular,
> here's what could happen:
> 
> 1) I own a SnapBack on xyz.com currently, and so in theory no one can
> buy a WLS on it.
> 
> 2) In the middle of the night, when no one is watching, I remove the
> SnapBack (using the 'exchange' feature, to switch it to a different
> name, or just removing it entirely), and instantaneously (using
> scripts, or whatever) register the WLS on the same name. From what I
> can tell, the WLS would be properly processed, thus allowing 
> a "secret"
> grandfathering of existing names to those "in the know".
> 
> Thus, I think any transition period/landrush/sunrise really 
> needs to be
> re-thought. {I'll reserve further comments until I've read things in
> more detail]
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
> 
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