[ga] New FAQs Posted

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

Considering that there has been a lot of concern expressed on this list
regarding the changes proposed for the .org registry, for those who are not
aware, ICANN posted six additional FAQs today, all regarding .org questions:

http://www.icann.org/melbourne/info-verisign-revisions.htm

I believe that the answers given may alleviate some peoples' concerns about
contemplated changes to the .org registry and the .org TLD as related to the
proposed new agreements with VeriSign.  I think that FAQs #12 and #13 may be
of particular interest.

I would also like to respond to a statement in FAQ #11: "Until 1996, Network
Solutions enforced the restrictions on .org registrations, but due to NSI's
resource limitations active enforcement of the restrictions was suspended
early in that year. Since then, the restrictions have been enforced only
through self-selection."  I happened to be around when the change was made -
it was made at the recommendation of Jon Postel.  He specifically
recommended that we quit screening and allow users to self-select their TLD.
The problem with screening was that there was no meaningful and functional
way to determine who met the criteria (the same applied to .net) and what
was happening is that we were rewarding those willing to lie and penalizing
those who were honest.  To implement any sort of workable screening system
(if it is even possible on a global scale) at a minimum would have been very
expensive and would have slowed down service levels significantly.
Chuck Gomes
Vice President, Policy & Compliance
VeriSign Global Registry Services

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