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

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear All,

There is a comparison between the existing Internet Draft on Domain Name
Transfers and Verisign's Patent Applications which people can access via
http://ubuntuone.com/4Bz1BqOsGMkTUQgViEL0rz

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Here's a recent write-up from Chris of  Red Nectar:
> http://rednectar.net/2012/10/09/a-patent-on-dnssec-domains-is-this-the-end-of-the-free-internet/
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Um, well, actually this ain't the first with respect to the DNS.
>>
>> Sadly enough, while we have a long - and recorded - history of domain name
>> transfer discussions, I can't recall seeing a single process to do it
>> outlined.
>>
>> And FWIW, awarding patents to processes is now well embedded in US patent
>> application procedures and accorded in law.
>>
>> All we can do is hope that in the record of discussions, enough pieces of
>> 'process' were laid out to to convince the PTO these guys are copycats.
>>
>> A take off point for the discussion has to be 'who benefits'? Look at the
>> amount of data the process forces capture!
>>
>> Apropos a BBC report I heard this morning at 3a, makes me think how
>> unfortunate for Huawei that it is incorporated in China, the poor
>> benighted
>> bastards!  Were they true blue and raised 'East, West, North and South of
>> the Pecos', why, .....
>>
>> ..and especially when we are constantly being asked to believe, purely on
>> one hand, that our 'blood and state are shadows, not substantial
>> things'....
>>
>> ...you feel the hand of Esau even as you hear the voice of Jacob....
>>
>> - Carlton
>>
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>>
>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz at thur.de> wrote:
>>
>> > 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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