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Speaking at the Ruxcon information security conference in Melbourne on Sunday, Vixie, a pioneer of the Internet's DNS system, said that creating the new TLDs goes against ICANN's purpose:
"ICANN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity [under the California Non-profit Public Benefit Corporation Law], and their job is to serve the public, not to serve the companies... I think that until they can come up with an actual public benefit reason they should be creating more of these, they've got no cause to act," Vixie said.
"There should be no price at which you can buy '.microsoft', but there is, and that's a mistake. That indicates corruption, as far as I'm concerned."
Vixie also indicated the WHOIS privacy industry wouldn't exist were it not for criminals:
"There are plenty of folks [who] would like to say [that] for civil society purposes we need the ability for dissidents to register a domain name and complain about their own government, and not have to worry about getting their doors kicked in. Frankly, that is not a realistic scenario, and that is not the way that WHOIS privacy gets used," he said.
Vixie encouraged conference attendees to implement technologies that improve the integrity of DNS (like DNSSEC) and called for replacement of the X.509 Certificate Authority system.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @08:23PM
It's publicly available personal information, of course it is used like that.
Ahh, I see you've had dealings with them ;P They will not provide a PO Box service without a validated id and address.
If they are determined, they will.
Feasible for a company, not for an individual.
For anybody in the public eye, it's not a matter of if they end up being stalked and harassed, simply a matter of time before some determined crazy latches on to them.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday October 26 2015, @10:30PM
Feasible for a company, not for an individual.
Last time I counted there were 12 to 13 companies doing private mailboxes in the UK, 3 or of them with nation wide coverage.
And its quite cheap. My business partner is currently in Leeds in a temporary assignment. He's used this method in Italy and Australia as well. Its cheap.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 27 2015, @12:15AM
Work for a private mailbox provider do we? Why should I pay for an external subscription service when my domain registrar will offer it for a once-off nominal fee?