[At-Large] [technical-issues] Verisign files a patent on domain transfers

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear All,

So much for an open and free internet? This is a well thought out,
deliberate and calculated move designed to limit control over the DNS and
in the event that there was to be balkanisation, they would attempt to
derive revenue from patents pending. The global community if they are in
their right mind should file immediate Objections!

Unless this is a part of a general US strategy to retain control over the
Internet for all eternity.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:52 PM, "Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <
michele at blacknight.ie> wrote:

> I saw that over the weekend and my heart sank.
>
> As a registrar I raised this issue with Dr Crocker a couple of years ago
> and it was pretty clear to me at the time that the entire transfer thing
> hadn't really been thought about.
> However transfers are pretty "key" to domains.. People do it all the time
> - be that a simple change of nameservers, hosting provider or registrar..
>
> To think that someone would actually slap a patent on something like this
> is truly depressing (ok, maybe I need more coffee).
>
> Regards
>
> Michele
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> Subject: [technical-issues] Verisign files a patent on domain transfers
>
> How can we proceed, if fundamental operations in the DNS System are
> patented?
>
> http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/verisign-dnssec.pdf
>
> Of course there is prior art, i.e.
> http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/networks-and-services-resilience/dnssec/gpgdnssec
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