Hi Peter, When the Network Solutions monopoly in the domain name world ended sometime in mid 1999, the biz was split into two parts - the registrar who can sell domain names, and a the registry who manages the central authoritative database of all .com, .net (and at the time .org) domain names. This split was tightly regulated, requiring a "Chinese Wall" between the two and lots of tedious organizational conflict of interest training for those involved. VeriSign acquired NetSol in mid 2000 and then sold only the registrar biz in 2003. So...VeriSign != NetSol (at least not since 2003).
I do agree however that we should have fixed the SSLv2 issue way back when. For what its worth the issue was raised internally...I guess you cant win them all... Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Gutmann > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:11 PM > To: mozilla-security@mozilla.org > Subject: Re: Low security SSL sites > > "Deacon, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >It should be noted that VeriSign sold the registrar division > of Network > >Solutions (including the brand) back in 2003. It is no > longer has any > >affiliation with VeriSign. > > Sure, but I kept the association with Verisign because (a) > they did own them > at one point and really should have fixed it then (heck, it > should have been > fixed ten years ago), and (b) the separation between Verisign > and NS isn't > very clear. See e.g. > http://www.verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory -services/: > > VeriSign is the authoritative directory provider of all > .com, .net, .cc, and > .tv domain names, and an industry leader in Naming and > Directory Services to > globalize access to the Internet. > > [...] > > VeriSign operates the largest infrastructure in the world > as the COM NET > Registry. > > Maybe it's just me, but that text is saying that VeriSign == > NS, even if they > have different names. > > Peter. > > _______________________________________________ > Mozilla-security mailing list > Mozilla-security@mozilla.org > http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-security > > _______________________________________________ Mozilla-security mailing list Mozilla-security@mozilla.org http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-security
