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Posted by pavel_lishin 18 hours ago

.name Termination(neil.fraser.name)
1717 points | 425 commentspage 5
xbar 10 hours ago|
I can only assume ICANN was co-opted by Verisign some decades ago.
delduca 16 hours ago||
I never bet in any other than .com, .org, .net?
CodesInChaos 16 hours ago||
.org almost got screwed in 2019 too:

> In April 2019, ICANN proposed an end to the price cap of .org domains and effectively removed it in July in spite of having received 3,252 opposing comments and only six in favor. A few months later, the owner of the domain, the Public Interest Registry, proposed to sell the domain to investment firm Ethos Capital. After intense criticism from nonprofit groups and significant figures in Internet history, the proposal was scrapped.

Surprisingly not by Verisign, who gave up .org in 2003.

r_lee 15 hours ago||
I love that name, "Ethos Capital", it's so wholesome

it'd fit like a PE firm focusing on chemical weapons

jeroenhd 15 hours ago||
Those are all controlled by companies in and subject to the demands of the USA, which has been proving for many years that they cannot be trusted.

Also, all common names with any of those prefixes have been registered a long time ago.

jmuguy 16 hours ago||
I can't be the only one that assumed based on the domain that this was some bizarre DMCA action by Paramount.
Aachen 15 hours ago|
What does Paramount have to do with the last name Frazer?
mminer237 14 hours ago||
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/frasier/
mig4ng 14 hours ago||
And that kids is why it's always DNS fault.

Again, you're security is only as strong as your DNS.

r_lee 15 hours ago||
I would not use a 2nd level tld for a "stable presence". it seems like a gimmick
cjjuice 16 hours ago||
I really think ENS is on to something with blockchain based domain registration and management
Aachen 15 hours ago|
Family of ESR or who is this?
basilikum 9 hours ago||
I seriously wonder what ICANN is good for.
Henchman21 15 hours ago||
How is it that they can just nullify the contracts they had with people they were providing services for?
swiftcoder 17 hours ago||
That's pretty shit. You'd think changes like this would need to go through a public comment period with the affected users (much like city planning decisions do)
xyst 17 hours ago|
Verisign is the worst. Hope author wins
xiaoyu2006 16 hours ago|
May I ask what is wrong with Verisign?
DaSHacka 16 hours ago|||
Well, the post in OP is a good start
gpvos 16 hours ago|||
They have been generally scummy throughout their existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisign#Controversies is a good start.
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